“Part of the fun of listening to a new album is playing detective with the music; each chord a clue, each lyric a key, to arriving at the truth of the record. But often the truth is just what we find and not what’s actually there. Case in point: Destroyer, the latest treasure from Canadian psych rock outfit Black Mountain, a heavy, crunchy, head-banging good time with eight tracks to throw the sign”
“Reinvigorated with a whole host of new members, the metal outfit prove there's plenty of life left in their road-trip rock.”
“It’s hard to pin down a succinct description of Black Mountain. The search for one requires wading through multiple layers of misleading tropes and artistic deceptions, which eventually unearths the Vancouver psych-peddlers drenched in heavy metal cynicism, desert rock vigour and punk rock values. Continuing their penchant for abstruse genre meandering and cosmic creativity, the band deliver a fif”
