Black Space Riders
D:rei (2lp+cd)
Double LP on 180-gram vinyl plus a CD-version of the album. The third album by Germany's Black Space Riders is even more colourful, louder, softer, harder, atmospheric, hugging and above all exalted... An exciting journey in chapters III + I through rock, metal and psychedelia, it's the soundtrack to your very own sci-fi epic. The riffs are heavy, inspiring and enduring. The songwriting is classic, the arrangements full of devotion. The two lead vocals play with each other, interlock, lodge in your memory. 'D:REI' is groovy! Sometimes slowly dooming, sometimes oppressively rocking, then irresistibly funky... and suddenly you're dancing around the warp core. 'D:REI' has a great sound! The natural, transparent, open, yet powerful, production elegantly and timelessly circumnavigates the retro-trap. With influences veering from Queens Of The Stone Age to Hawkwind via Sabbath, Cathedral and vocals with a Max Cavalera edge, this is a heavy and dirty journey across the universe. If you like your rock fuzzy, scuzzy and spaced out then this one is for you.