Sea of Tombs - s/t
(Gravity)
You've seen movies dealing with folks dropping acid, right? You remember that scene, where the girl or guy is tripping, and the camera's filming at a high angle, so you're looking up? And everything's swirling and shifting, and the girl/guy looks disoriented, dazed, and just a bit stupid? And they're stumbling from room to room, where lots of folks are making out and feeling grooooovy? And, every so often, the director cuts away to girls in go-go cages dancing behind a tie-die tapestry, zooming in and out real fast? And then there's some shots of lava lamp blobs shifting and blobbing? Well, let's assume you haven't.
If you've ever listened to Black Sabbath, you know where these folks are coming from. If you've ever heard Queens of the Stone Age, you know where these folks could have gone. If you've ever shut out the vocalist from either of these groups while listening to the rest of their respective group rumble and stomp, then you have Sea of Tombs dead to rights. 6 tracks, 3 people, no vocals, lots of bass, lots of bass drum, lots of cymbal, and lots of slow, squealing, distorted guitar leads. Former membership in such groups as Lake of Dracula and Clikitat Ikatowi mean absolutely nothing. This is the stuff that the best grunge is made of. Unfortunately, this is exactly the stuff that grunge is made of. That's not to say this is bad so much as totally unnecessary. Sabbath had instrumentals, too. And Sabbath had Ozzy.
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