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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Magnified Eye- The Virgin, the Whore, The Martyr (OSR999 / DDR059)

A co-release with Osmium and Daredevil records, the Danish stoner rock band is back with their 3rd full length album and first since 2005!  This time, the band is joined by long time friend, Stefan Krey from Gas Giant on lead guitar. There is a long history of Gas Giant and Magnified Eye. Stefan has been playing with the band for the last several years.  Anyway, the album features 9 tracks and it was all recorded live in the studio. The band has never been so heavy as on this release and I would almost say it is stoner doom rock now.  Battle of Edessa starts things off with a mid-paced but heavy track some great energy and cool guitar parts. Trailblazer is the first of several tracks to feature the harmonica, which is followed by the drums and harmony guitar before the main riff kicks in. Sounds really cool the way the guitar and harmonica interact throughout the track. Outside the Omniapparatus speeds things up a bit with a true rocker. I really like the solo section on the track. Chimp King starts slowly and is a bit doomy and again features the harmonica. Homeless Shelter is a CD and digtal only track that starts with a straight guitar (no fuzz) before the main heavy fuzz riff kicks in. Potent lyrics on this track, which is another faster track but still with some nice melodic undertones. Legion (you can check out the video below), 

the start reminds me a bit of Gas Giant but with some harmony guitar parts. Heavy Stuff. Word of Faith, the vocal is almost strained as Torben tries to get his message across, on this rocker with a very special guitar riff. Moat has some cool drumming to compliment the guitar riff before the harmonica and vocals kick in on another mid paced stoner rock groove. This one grooves a bit more than some of the tracks. Back to the roots. The title track, ends this track and is one of my favorites. Wish this one was on youtube so you can could hear it!  Enjoy the return of the Magnified Eye!!!!!!!!!





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