When we last heard from Baroness they were a pretty decent stoner rock band that cooked up a good homemade brew of sludge from time to time. Well, the boys have been picking up cooking lessons somewhere, because they are experimenting with all sort of different ingredients here - pop, prog, even a little disco beat ("O'er Hell and Hide") - to make one of the tastiest stews of the year. It is still pretty thick and you need to eat it with a fork, but damn if it doesn't taste like upscale cuisine with all sorts of overtones and undertones to keep you coming back for more. Ridiculous cooking analogy aside, this album fucking rocks, even with all the overtones and undertones. Drawing on elements from southern rock, thrash, power pop, psychedelia and prog, the band's kitchen sink approach is entirely in the service of a seamlessly consistent kick-ass whole.
an embarrassing video for "A Horse Called Golgotha" here
Or a Kick ass live version here
Listen to "Swollen and Halo" here
Live version here
Listen to "The Sweetest Curse" here
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