Acid Witch - Stoned review
| Band: | Acid Witch |
| Album: | Stoned |
| Style: | Death doom metal |
| Release date: | October 29, 2010 |
| A review by: | Lucas |
01. Satanic Faith
02. Witchfynder Finder
03. Trick Or Treat
04. Thundering Hooves
05. Live Forever
06. Whispers In The Dark
07. If Hell Exists
08. Stoned To The Grave
09. Metal Movie Marijuana Massacre Meltdown
10. Sabbath Of The Undead
In a world full of dead-serious satanists, devil worshipers, goat-slaughterers and sheepfuckers, Acid Witch are a true breath of fresh air. (A true breath, not a tr00 breath). Their debut Witchtanic Hellucinations was an insanely catchy and fun cauldron of Death metal, Heavy metal and various other rotten substances. And drugs. Plenty of drugs. And a seriously large deal of tongue-in-cheek brutalness.
Stoned is much the same. From the very first seconds, it's clear we're dealing with an Acid Witch album here: the guitar tune that has become oh-so typical (with only one full-length and two EP's released, that's quite a feat) and the just-as-typical organ. If you haven't heard the full-length, imagine a fuzzy, psychedelic guitar tone with a nasty pinch playing solely horror house-themed riffs. The organ is much the same, consisting mostly of reverb-laden dark tones played with an infectiously undercurrent. With ditto lyrics. "Trick or treeeaaaat? trick or treeeeeaaaaat?".
And that brings me to my criticism. Stoned brings nothing new to the table. Sure, we should all compliment Acid Witch for delivering a fine and fresh album. Their style is quite unique and that is an accomplishment. But that was their debut - let's not re-use and re-hash compliments.
I feel a bit bad about shooting down a band that has found a unique style for re-creating their debut, with so many copy-cats and run-of-the-mill bands around, but I do undeniably consider Acid Witch's self-created sub-sub-sub-sub-subgenre a niche that can do with only one great release. That was Witchtanic Hellucinations. Stoned feels like a carbon copy.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 8 |
 | Written on 11.11.2010 by If you're interested in extreme, often emotional and underground music, check out my reviews. I retired from reviewing, but I really used to be into that stuff. |
Comments
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Some dude fucked a sheep in a small town in my state not too long ago and got arrested. Before that, a dude fucked a horse, then let the horse fuck him, and he died from it. After that, our government made it illegal to fuck animals.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Written by Dangerboner on 11.11.2010 at 18:11 That's the best comment I've ever had on my reviews. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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Account deleted Written by Dangerboner on 11.11.2010 at 18:11 So how was prison then? 
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
Lawl fucking prison mice isn't as satisfying, but at least they're portable
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
Wow, I only discover this now. It's a strange sensation... like a I have to check it out.
---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America.
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| silenius Posts: 531  |
Spot on review matie, nothing new to the table but still fucking kick-ass insanly awesome music! cant get enough of this shit
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2573  |
Nevertheless, I really want to check it out!
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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| Mikyz Posts: 711  |
Lasse Pykko did it again, after Hooded Menace's Never Cross Dead, he released another solid album this year. That guy earned my respect. A definite highlight for me.
---- Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
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| Daggon Underpaid M.D. Posts: 1689  |
Yay! Another Acid Witch album? I hope I'll enjoy it, I mean, even if they are copying themselves, seems like I'll enjoy this release too 
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Mikyz on 11.11.2010 at 23:05 Lasse left Acid Witch before this album.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Mikyz Posts: 711 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 12.11.2010 at 11:25 He did? Damn, I didn't bother to check the info on this album + It still says current member on the band profile here. Well, they still sound good, so no worries.
---- Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
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| Kinzoku Posts: 57  |
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331  |
I agree with the review for the most part but I don't mind that it sounds like their debut: good shit stays good shit.
---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ...
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