It also has insane aggression in spades, now here is where I think it out-metal's Sabbath, it has a genuine nastiness that is almost totally lacking in other music of it's time and it builds up to intensities which rival progressive death metal. In places this album show's a total affinity to Sabbath's DOOM, but it also has fast bits (proto-thrash?) and one genuinely beautiful and touching ballad called Come Down, only one balled, all that's needed, just as it should be. To me they sound like the perfect amalgamation of Sabbath and Deep Purple with just enough prog and kraut to give them a uniquie aspect over those bands. It has everything a self-respecting proto-metal geek could possibly want they recorded one album in 1972, they are German, with some elements of krautrock, and they reach levels of heaviosity that are simply mind-blowing for their time. Along with Captain Beyond, the best obscurity I have found so far. Asterix were the original incarnation of Lucifer's Friend!Ġ1 - Charlee - Wheel Of Fortune Turning - 1972Ġ2 - Stone Garden - Oceans Inside Of Me - 1969Ġ8 - Parish Hall - My Eyes Are Getting Heavy - 1970ġ0 - Stray - Taken All The Good Things - 1970ġ3 - Jeronimo - Silence Of The Night - 1971ġ5 - Orange Wedge - No One Left But Me - 1974 Charlee starts the show with their excellent riffing, Nahuatl from Mexico offer up some latin sabbathism and Writing on the Wall throw in a mind fuck of a bad trip which is incredibly heavy for 1969. Part 5 of my compilation series, selected tracks from some of my favourite 70s heavy obscure bands.
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