Olde

They can count members of doom overlords Sons of Otis, the definitely NSFW hardcore band Cunter and Toronto post-hardcore heavyweights Moneen among their ranks – Canada’s Olde are a bonafide stoner-sludge supergroup. Their debut album I is a powerhouse lesson in unforgiving psychedelic metal and stoner rock riffage. Oodles of organic sounding distortion permeates the record’s tracks, most of which emerge from the elephantine, sluggish mire to squint at the acid-induced glare overhead. With nods to proto-metal drooling from their fuzzed out amplifiers and wobbling, wah-ing riffs emerging from the smoky haze, there’s a very groovy undercurrent that propels Olde’s very heavy sound.