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Fu Manchu wrote: RIP Leonard Nimoy. His show "In Search of…" was a main inspiration for our record of the same name.

The full album (a playlist, as there is no upload of it in its entirety on YouTube):

Fu Manchu - In Search of...

Sleep - Dragonaut

Now that I think about it, this has a touch of the song Lord of this World from Black Sabbath..

Speaking of the devils, was Black Sabbath considered stoner rock? Or would you consider them the forefathers to stoner? I typically associate the genre with Kyuss, Sleep and Fu Manchu.

Black Sabbath - After Forever
Fu Manchu - Orbiter

^ I bet every stoner guitarist has a poster of Tony Iommi hidden somewhere.

^ That.

You could even call them the forefathers of Heavy Metal, and Doom Metal. Every album is different and has something of the styles mentioned though I only listen to the recordings with Ozzy. :P After Ozzy the sound changed dramatically to classical Metal with Dio.

For me Black Sabbath with Ozzy never was a Metal band, it was one of the best Hard Rock bands with a unique sound.

Edit: Example for the Doom reference, the first record of Black Sabbath with the same name and here the song with the same name, too. Slow riffs, very dark lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5yR5XhCIeg

^ Everything Ivan said. And yes, I too only listen to Black Sabbath with Ozzy.

..And even computer geeks know Iron Man
-hinto

Great song.

^^ True dat. I forget that is a Black Sabbath song!

to be honest, i have never liked Black Sabbath, and think The Cardigan's version of Iron Man is a million times better than the original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgZJEpLuw0) - but maybe it is just the zeitgeist i am missing.

Not even Crazy Train?
-H

@rho I hadn't heard of The Cardigans before! Good stuff; I agree, their cover of "Iron Man" is quite nice.

The first 4 Black Sabbath records are so part of my teen days I just can't stand ANY cover whatsover. Sorry. :)

@rho: have you heard Planet Caravan?
Of course this will not make you like the rest of their songs, but whoteva :)

will check it out guys. and completely understand the sentiment. this music simply has never had any factor in my youth so if i want to appreciate it i cannot rely on nostalgia, and the stuff i know from them i simply dislike (i fucking hate it when the vocal melody is identical to the guitar melody, hence i dont like their "Iron Man" :) - in the mean time, aside from the whole bat-tdhing, the only Black Sabbath related thing i enjoyed are Venetian Snares' Sabbath Dubs, which are essentially sorta dub-techno-ish tracks on the theme of Black Sabbath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQjqUvuA48A

GekkoP wrote:The first 4 Black Sabbath records are so part of my teen days I just can't stand ANY cover whatsover. Sorry. :)

;)

I've been listening to Vista Chino's first album, Peace. Vista Chino is almost Kyuss, with 2 or 3 original members, so it can be considered kind of a continuation (although Josh Homme refused to join, so that's a major link missing). These are the two songs that I think are the best:

Adara
Barcelonian

It's a good record, but John Garcia's singing just doesn't cut it in some of the songs, imo

Yeah, I also like it Kex.

How about the new album of Black Sabbath? It surprised me, e.g.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMa2ga8gqEw

One thing though, I was never a fan of Rick Rubin's sound production on the drums.

The whole album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8grID7 ... IjbQ1LNddW

I still prefer "Into The Void" better ;)

Colour Haze - Tempel (full album)