High Reeper – Higher Reeper

Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Release date: 22/03/2019

Hailing from Philadelphia, US, High Reeper has just released their Higher Reeper, on the 22 of March 2019. This is their second entry after their eponymous debut album, High Reeper in 2018. They have been around 2016, spreading their sound around US and Europe. This is a classic stoner or heavy rock or doom or whatever you want to call it.

There is a psychy thing about it, but I didn’t see the trippy parts that much. In any case, we will address that detail in a bit. High Reeper follows an interesting trend that gets obvious inspiration from UK’s early heavy rock and metal scene. This album is on it’s own, a tribute to the classics, choose your England band from the late 60’s and 70’s of your liking. You most likely will find similarities to something heard before.

Higher Reeper is definitely an album commanded by a strong and steady bass guitar, courtesy of Shane Trimble. This is obvious from the first track “Eternal Leviathan”, to the last, “The Barbarian”. In the meanwhile, we have time for a ballad, “Apocalypse Hymn” which was slightly unexpected. There’s one thing about the stoner rock. I still don’t understand why it’s called stoner when all I can think is cans of beer when I hear it. Or whiskey. In any case, that’s the what the voice of Zach Thomas makes me think of. That is not bad and not good either. Just interesting.

I can’t help feeling that while their first album, High Reeper, was inspired by Led Zeppelin, this one is almost copied from Black Sabbath. Their sound is not original and that is OK. But I can just wonder what will be their next influence. I vote Iron Maiden.

Line up:

• Pat Daly – Guitars
• Andrew – Price Guitars
• Zach Thomas – Vocals
• Shane Trimble – Bass
• Napz Mosley – Drums

tracklist:

01. Eternal Leviathan

02. Buried Alive

03. Bring the Dead

03. Apocalypse Hymn

04. Foggy Drag

05. Obsidian Peaks

06. Plague Hag

07. Barbarian

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