SNAKEGRINDER
"Snakegrinder...and the WARPIG "S/T" LP
Lion
Productions, in association with
Kreation Records, proudly unearths
another buried-treasure of
pure ‘70s hard rock in Canada's
WARPIG. This is an early masterwork of
psychedelic proto-metal. A high
quality, remastered piece of
vinyl that combines sounds from
the era of rock that is timeless and
just so good. Elements of Black
Sabbath (of course), Flower
Travelin' Band, Uriah Heep and
even Grand Funk Railroad make this
album easy to love. You will be
suprised that this band was not a
success in the past once you hear
it—it's that good. Warpig's
long-sought-after self-titled debut
will surely satisfy the cravings of
both longtime collectors and the
new breed of retro-rockers alike!";
"Ultra rare heavy progressive psych
hard rock album, only released in
Canada in 1970. Some serious
stuff, heavy and psychedelic, groovy
and dark, Warpig were a heavy rock
outfit very much in the spirit
of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,
Iron Butterfly, Blue Oyster Cult.
Heavy heavy riffs, thick fuzzy organ,
kick ass drumming, and
wild wailing vocals, lengthy
extended riffing, organs atop guitars,
slithery snake-like leads, throbbing
sludgy bass lines, and catchy
songs. Every track is a killer:
the wild proggy Jethro Tull-ish groove
of the opener 'Flaggit,' the 'In A
Gadda Da Vida' meets Black
Sabbath jam 'Tough Nuts.' One of
the best (and strangest) tracks is the
lengthy instrumental epic 'Advance In
A Minor,' a dense moody,
almost classical sounding
metallic prog workout, with loping
minor key stretches of muted low end
guitar strum and simple piano
chords, strung between killer
bursts of mathy prog, staccato and
dynamic, the whole track eventually
twisting itself into some slow
burning hard rocking blow out,
propulsive and relentless. Later on
comes another lengthy jam, the
strangely titled 'U.X.I.B.,' rife with
wild wailing leads, a groovy main
riff, fuzzed out organ, and long
stretches of blissed out space rock
drift, with the vocals not joining
in until nearly halfway through.
Unlike a lot of supposedly heavy
"proto-metal" records, where one or
two of the tracks rock super
hard and the all the rest are
just bad twelve bar blues bar rock,
every track here is heavy and proggy
and groovy and spacey and
pretty dang metal for 1970." This
new edition of 500 copies comes with a
full-color insert.
Track List:
Side A:
1. Flaggit
2. Tough Nuts
3. Melody With Balls
4. Advance Am
Side B:
1. Rock Star
2. Sunflight
3. U.X.I.B.
4. The Moth
Catalogue number: RR 28
UPC: none