Robot Lords of Tokyo-Whiskey, blood and napalm

Self-produced
2008



I spent way too much of my youth watching movies about giant monsters leveling various cities and terrorizing the local inhabitants. The behemoth would smash and crash a path of destruction until it's rampage came to an end by way of the military or some other source. Okay, I still watch and enjoy those kind of movies. Robots Lords of Tokyo (they are actually from Ohio) approach their music much like the beasts from the aforementioned films. They attack with an arsenal of thick and mighty riffs. They call upon the power of heavy Sabbath inspired sludge and relentlessly unleash it like a blast of fire upon your unsuspecting ears. Oooops, sorry I got caught in the monsterfest like moment. Really this a combination of early 70's classic metal, stoner rock, doom and just some real spine-rattling might. Think Sabbath swirled in with Clutch, Fireball Ministry and Sheavy and you get a good idea of where this band is coming from. The vocals are deep and powerful while the music relies on a raw and simple approach. The sound might be more deeply influenced by real metal than other modern stoner acts. In a way they draw on aspects of heavy music from every decade from 70's on yet they manage to control it and make it their own. I do think that the band could benefit from varying the pace a little more at times. Still this is good slab of no-nonsense metal played with a lot of spirit. The creatures of those old monster flicks normally met their fate by the film's end, but the Robot Lords of Tokyo will hopefully get to march on for years to come.

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