"Bloody Hammers are a heavy rock band from Transylvania County, North Carolina." Their latest ten-song disc, Under Satan's Sun, was released in 2014 on Napalm Records. "Although commonly viewed as gothic rock, the band have incorporated elements of doom metal, stoner metal, and psychedelic rock." By their name and the label they're signed to, you'dBloody Hammers "Bloody Hammers are a heavy rock band from Transylvania County, North Carolina." Their latest ten-song disc, Under Satan's Sun, was released in 2014 on Napalm Records. "Although commonly viewed as gothic rock, the band have incorporated elements of doom metal, stoner metal, and psychedelic rock." By their name and the label they're signed to, you'd think this was a death metal band. You'd be incorrect. Like today's Scandinavian creep-rock forerunners Ghost, and genre pioneer and visionary Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper), this is a rock band. Bloody Hammers have a thick, meaty, swampy guitar tone, reminiscent of earlier Black Sabbath. Melodically, they recall bands like Blue Oyster Cult. They've also got a catchy, excellent vocal and the melodic sensibility of a true forerunner doom metal band, like Trouble or The Skull. Throughout the disc, the songs are cogent, very well-written, and have a very nice mix and master job. Under Satan's Sun is loud, rich, and each instrument sounds like it should. With a very thick, in-your-face sound, the album opens with a melodic, melancholic "The Town That Dreaded Sundown". Here, listeners are introduced to the workings of the band: tight performance, fairly uncomplicated song structures, a sonic wall [...]
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