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	Dozer Beyond Colossal Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal "A powerful heavy rock unit, which is influenced by Kyuss and QOTSA without losing their very own sound ... a must-have for every fan of modern heavy rock." -- Cosmic Lava "The earthshaking tones of Sweden's Dozer are back... more » « less
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All Artists: Dozer
Title: Beyond Colossal
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: SMALL STONE RECORDS
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 1/27/2009
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Europe, Scandinavia
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 709764108723, 0709764108723

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Album Description

"A powerful heavy rock unit, which is influenced by Kyuss and QOTSA without losing their very own sound ... a must-have for every fan of modern heavy rock." -- Cosmic Lava "The earthshaking tones of Sweden's Dozer are back with full force on the quartet's most recent release, the 10-track Through the Eyes of Heathens. Fleshing out their Hessian blend of stoner rock with a plethora of hard-rock histrionics and desert-rock debauchery, songs like `Blood Undone' and the groove-laden `Man of Fire' contain grungy nuances and garage rock's fuzziness, which further accentuate the band's already mammoth sound." -- Skratch "Alright! My Swedish boys are back with another album of pure rock fury, to quote a Clutch album. Dozer has been doing their thing for 10 years [and] several albums later, Dozer is showing why they are still around. If you are one to hop into your vintage classic car and just go for a ride, this band will be your copilot, never steering you wrong." -- Zero Magazine "Triskaidekaphobia" is a noun meaning "an irrational fear of the number 13." Those among us that cling to superstitions dread the intersection of the number 13 with the unluckiest day of the week, Friday. So, it's fitting that in their 13th year Sweden's Dozer should descend upon us like a vampire bat to unleash their darkest and heaviest collection of tracks to date. Beyond Colossal is rock `n' roll crafted in the finest traditions of Black Sabbath and bathed in a sublime blanket of Swedish winter sunlight. With the release of their fifth full-length album, these sons of Sweden seem poised to teach the underground a lesson or two about what rock `n' roll is all about. Recorded between Studios 301 in Stockholm and Rockhuset Studios in their hometown of Borlänge, Beyond Colossal oozes with the bleakness and beauty of the landscape. One can almost feel the sub-arctic winter cold that forces Tommi Holappa's fingers to move with superhuman speed, alternating between beerchugging riffs and lightning solos. Of course a tour is in the works, and anyone who has ever seen Dozer live will tell you this band always gives 110%. With a resume of live shows that reads like a "who's who" of rawk's newest and greatest (Mastodon, Rollins Band, Hellacopters, Clutch, Unida), the men of Dozer have proved one fact over and over again: they are not to be missed.

CD Reviews

Beyond Colossal? That sounds about right... (4.5/5 Stars)

Mike | Here and There | 02/18/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dozer, arguably the most underrated stoner metal group in existence, has put out their new album and their first with new drummer Olle "Bull" Mårthans. The end result is the band exploring much of the same ground that they explored with 2006's Through the Eyes of Heathens, but with a drummer that's not only better suited for the music, but also pretty darn exciting to listen to.

The soundscapes that Dozer has crafted before are still here. Heavy guitars, chunky bass, and Fredrik Nordin's instrument-like approach to singing has only further developed with time; cementing Dozer further in their sound. The band still writes songs that blend and balance stoner rock and progressive metal for a dense and intense sound that allows them to be heavy without losing the melodic or musical qualities of their sound.

What kicks the album in the pants is the drumming of Olle Mårthans. The drumming on TTEOH was legitmate for a stoner metal group, but Mårthans provides a higher level of energy, intensity, and passion for the instrument than other drummers in the genre do, let alone ex-members of the band. In parts of the new songs that would have seemed properly filled out by a steady beat are now being rocked out at maximum capacity without losing the musicianship of the drumming. It's less like blastbeating or double bassing a part to death and more like using the entire drum set to keep droning music on it's toes, which is not something that many drummers do well or easily. Mårthans makes it seem effortless.

Take a more mature Dozer, a new drummer, and throw in a guest appearance by Clutch's Neil Fallon and you get one awesome album that's worth purchasing. Recommended for fans metal and rock music; highly recommended for fans of Clutch, Kyuss, and Mastodon."