New big riffs from New South Wales. Throughout their career, Sydney sludge slingers Sumeru have trawled the bayous of New Orleans, crested the peaks of Appalachia, waded through the marshlands of the Atlantic coast, and slunk their way through the cracks and crevices of the rest of the U.S. South in a wanton search for southern-fried soundtracks to wallowing self-despair. Sumeru (2013) and Holy Lands (2014) were distilled from the same sour mash as Down, Alabama Thunderpussy, Sofa King Killer, or even Sourvein, as original vocalist Matt Power crooned gruffly and soulfully over sticky-as-molasses stoner-blues riffs. Fans of Beastwars’s boot-scootin’ … Continue reading Premiere: The Freezing Fear of Sumeru’s Fiery Blood Ordinance