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City: Pittsburgh
State: Pennsylvania
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Signup Date: 1/28/2007

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Saturday, October 17, 2009 
On October 12th, Dickie Peterson of the legendary Blue Cheer lost his battle with cancer. Vulture was fortunate enough to share the stage with Blue Cheer the last time they played Pittsburgh at the Rex Theater. Dickie and the guys couldn't have been cooler and down to earth.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Duck, Paul and the Peterson family. Dickie, you will be greatly missed, but know you're keepin it heavy upstairs.

If you are a fan of stoner, doom or heavy music in general, check out where it all started...


Currently listening:
What Doesn't Kill You
By Blue Cheer
Release date: 2007-08-21
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Saturday, August 01, 2009 

Current mood:  relaxed
Due to conflicting work schedules, we decided to scale way back on shows and focus on writing with the little time we do have.

Originally we wanted to start recording our new CD in September, but instead of giving ourselves a time-table, we'll record when the time is right rather than rush it. However, in the near future we may post some rough demos to get some new tunes up with Erb on vocals.

Our show with Zoroaster, The Gates of Slumber and Serpentcult at Howlers Coyote Cafe in Bloomfield on August 11th is probably going to be our last show for a while, so this is the one to see. Zoroaster is bar-none one of the heaviest bands I have ever seen and Serpencult are coming all the way from Belgium so you'll never know when they'll be back so check it out!

Cheers-



Currently listening:
Nadja & Black Boned Angel
By Nadja
Release date: 2009-07-14
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Sunday, June 07, 2009 

Current mood:  productive
As some of you may have heard, we have parted ways with Buddy. Justin "Erb" Erb also of Reduced To Ash, is stepping in. His first show with us is on June 20th at the Smiling Moose with some killer bands. Our pals, Storm King, along with new out of town friends, Bulletwolf (IN) and Forged In Flame (OH) are also on the bill.

While Erb is refining the old songs, we are also currently writing new songs that are hoping to record in September with James Curl and Mike Rosswog of Complete Failure. Expect a heavier, doomier Vulture.



Currently listening:
Chained To The World
By HEAVY LORD
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 
'Vulture' are a five piece stoner doom band from the land of the penguins, that being Pittsburgh! With a mixed vocal style that flickers between oddly haunting [If not entirely confident] and deeply rough and growling, the band then forge ahead with a cool sounding repetitive riff style that gives them much doom like credence. Indeed they do play their music with simplistic old school kind of vibe but generally this comes across as moderately entertaining with lashings of groove and a strong dosage of darkened portent! Indeed whilst nothing original is on display the 'Vulture EP' is well worth a listen too and at five songs in length doesn't out stay its welcome as more songs of the same thing over and over would become tiresome. 'Vulture' are the kind of band that is good to have a drink too and as more and more alcohol enters your system the better this will get, not to compare the band with the kind of skanky whore you meet after ten beers who looks like Claudia Schiffer until morning when you awaken to find a complete troll in bed next to you, but lets be honest this much is meant to be drunk too so why fight the urge? [7]

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Currently listening:
Spawning The Nephilim
By Lord Mantis
Release date: 2009-04-28
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Friday, March 06, 2009 

Current mood:  tired
Vulture - Vulture
Review by John Pegoraro (StonerRock.com)
Self Released
Release date: 2008


It seems to me that the deal breaker in this genre is the vocals. You can have riffs that crush and a rhythm section that pummels and yet once the singing kicks in, the returns diminish. That's the unfortunate case with Vulture's five song EP. Musically I can't complain about “Erosion,” “Place of Worship and Regret,” “Blinded,” “Order of the Vulture,” and “Ill Fitting Crown” – it's sludgy southern doom metal that cruises along at a menacing pace. They're bruisers, one and all, in that respect. Vocally, Buddy Smith alternates between a clean crooning and a guttural yowling; the latter's easily the more effective, as it's a better fit for the swampy morass of riffs. The best of the lot is the last track, which hints at a Weedeater-like mastery of groove. A couple more songs like that under their collective belt and Vulture's going to be a band to watch.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 
These Pittsburghers easily win for best artwork in this column. (It practically comes with vapors.) They clearly love Electric Wizard and Eyehategod; huge, downtuned grooves wax evil and wane bluesy. like hooking up with an ex, it's nothing new, but it feels kind of good. Their merch includes beer koozies!

"Throw Me a Frickin' Bone!" (Unsigned band reviews) by Cosmo Lee
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 


Vulture: Soaring on the Wings of Doom


What do you suppose he's looking at?


Pittsburgh troublemaking five-piece Vulture let loose their self-titled, self-released debut EP toward the end of last year, profering an avalanche of burly, angry doom building riff after riff of aggressive, balls-out metal. The five tracks run a gamut through modern doom, soaking up ’90s influences and spitting them out like a rain of Pipe Organ Pale Ale falling on the head of anyone who hears them. A given listen uncovers shades of Goatsnake, Melvins, Danzig, and even some Paradise Lost lurking in the growled vocals of Buddy Smith.

Guitarists Garrett Twardesky and Gene Fikhman practically beat you over the head as they lead the way through the songs with a tone both covered in fuzz and molasses thick. A well-presented crash cymbal from drummer Kelly Gabany keeps pace for eight-minute closer “Ill-Fitting Crown” as bassist Justin Bach demolishes the low end and Smith gurgles that he has become the night. Smith switches his approach readily with the music, perhaps manically at times, but whatever he’s doing, it’s never out of place in the song. The beauty of this kind of chaotic drunkard metal is that as a vocalist, he can either be the slurring, repentive crooner or the bottle-throwing, vomitous madman — it all works.

I’d put these dudes on a tour with Bulletwolf and have them lay waste to every major city in the continental US. More entrenched in groove-soaked riffing than their Hoosier peers, these steel merchants are in and out of their 26 minutes sooner than you can say “Roethlisberger” and by leaving listeners wanting more, they not only create a demand for themselves, but add an immediacy to the songs present here. There isn’t an extra minute on Vulture; it’s an efficient (if drunken and stoned) doom attack that punches the gut and leaves a five-fingered imprint, with chugging, thumping opener “Erosion” a canyon-carving force as big as its name.

Pace-wise, Vulture generally run from about the middle to the slower end without ever getting into drone territory, but aren’t afraid to throw faster, double kick bass or some Erik Larson/Ryan Lake style rocking into the mix on “Blinded,” highlighting their metallic side and easily transitioning into the classic deathly Southern stoner punkcore of “Order of the Vulture (A Birdwatcher’s Anthem).” That variety only makes the EP stronger, resulting in a bomb blast of bearded heavy metal that bodes remarkably well for future output.

Born of the economic devastation wrought on post-industrialized communities, Vulture is a pissed-off response to being screwed over by forces allegedly larger than one’s self. Their sound is disaffected, disillusioned and almost unfairly heavy. They’re not reinventing the wheel, but they’re definitely using it to sharpen an executioner’s axe.

Big cymbals = good sound.
Currently listening:
Dragging Down the Enforcer
By Outlaw Order
Release date: 2008-11-24
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 


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Top ten debut albums of 2008 ..

   I guess I could sit down and write out my top albums of the year, but the list would get very long. Last year alot of good material was released by alot of bands that everyone knows. Do I really need to shout out that Church of Misery released one of my favorite albums of the year? Instead I am going to look to my favorite 1st's. By that I do mean first full length releases by bands that I found last year. I for once am impressed with what is coming out of Canada for music as 2 of my top ten are Canadians, eh.
 

Apostle of Solitude - Sincerest Misery: Apostle of Solitude finally released their first full length album after two EP's. Let me tell you that the wait was well worth it. Killer traditional doom metal in every sense.

The Georgian Skull - Mother Armageddon, Healing Apocalypse: Southern fried metal from the great white north. Previously known as Mister Bones and fronted by Al "Bones" Petrovich of The Mighty Nimbus, The Georgian Skull prove that Canada has can produce some great quality rock'n metal

Sanctus Infernum - Self Titled: An amazing debut release by this death doom group out of Kansas bringing death metal into the traditional styles of doom you hear in acts like Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus.

Elliotts Keep - In Medias Res: Progressive doom metal for all lovers of metal. I stated in a review that there is room for improvement in the band. Listen to them and you will see why I am so excited to hear their next album.

Hyperion Blast - The Sound of Shovels Dragging Stone: Hyperion Blast have more hooks than downtown at night (maybe not as funny as i had intended it to be). Sludge metal that really shows the grind influence.

Blood Ceremony - Self Titled: Canadian pride kicks in here to see Canada's own Blood Ceremony signed to Rise Above Records. Sabbath and Jethro Tull had an affair in 1972. The baby was BC.

Five Will Die - Slung From a Tree: Five Will Die are to date the best band out of Ireland I have heard (sorry Phil) The progression of the songs and the influences used make for a great listen. Dont let the singer scare you.

Vulture - Self Titled: Low downtuned sludgy stoner doom with extreme low end sound.

Lord Vicar - Fear No Pain: Out of the ashes of Reverend Bizarre comes this supergroup of sorts featuring the triumphant return of Count Raven vocalist Christian Lindersson.

The Wounded Kings - Embrace of the Narrow House: This album is for your true doom metal fans who like spooky occult sounding jams.
 

   2008 was an amazing year for doom metal and related genres. Great Bands are popping up out of everywhere. Never has the scene been so vibrant. The list you see uptop surely wont be the same at the end of this year, as too many releases were made and I have yet to hear them all. same goes for the better known bands who all released albums in 2008 like Church of Misery, Reino
Ermitano, Witchfinder General, Toner Low, Pantheist, Ocean: seriously, i would have to do a top 100 to list all the great albums that were released last year, and i simply dont have the time to do this. Maybe I should start preparing now for best of 2009 as the list is already growing pretty big.
Thank everyone who has supported the DMA over the last year, and I hope I can continue my services for another year.
D. ..

Currently listening:
Witchtanic Hellucinations
By Acid Witch
Release date: 2008-10-24
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 

Current mood:  tired
EIDE'S ENTERTAINMENT (1121 Penn Ave. Pgh, PA 15222-Strip District) www.myspace.com/eidesentertainment

WICKED DISCS (406 S. Craig St. Pgh, PA 15213-Oakland) www.myspace.com/wickeddiscs
Currently listening:
Spirit Animal
By Zombi
Release date: 2009-02-03
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 
Vulture - Vulture (Self-Release)
By Chris Barnes
January 19, 2009

Vulture answers the question that’s on all our minds… what would Danny Joe Brown sound like if he fronted a stoner doom band? Why, he’d sound like Buddy Smith, vocalist of Vulture I’m thinking. Both have the tendency to fall back on that “loogey in the throat” sound which was Danny’s signature. That kind of thing is a tough call to make – it could work for you or it could make you sound like you have a milk allergy, depending on how interpret it. Buddy is somewhere in the middle. He leads this band of Pittsburgh, PA Motorhead miscreants, Weedeater worshipers and Alabama Thunderpussy acolytes with a timbre that varies between a deep, loogey-laced throaty roar and a Glenn Danzig-like ‘Evil Elvis’ vibe. No one can say he’s stuck in one style, but you could make a case for wishing he’d clear his throat now and again.

I don’t have much background on the band, I lost their bio sheet, but from the first strains of big fat bass and wall-of-down-tuned-ampage that serves as an intro into “Erosion” you’d expect that the guys (and a girl, I believe) have a penchant for long hair, metal shirts with the sleeves cut off, beards and a few big beer bellies fueled by PBR. I checked the photos on their MySpace page and feel that my stereotype has been validated, although I found no reference to PBR (did find one to “beer” though, close enough). So this puts Vulture in the Weedeater / ATP category… sludgey, Southern-tinged riffs n’ groove albeit leaning toward darker places than ATP. There’s no doubt that Vulture is monstrously heavy (check out “Ill Fitting Crown”), can beat a groove with a large stick and are not afraid to put a little nitro in the tank (witness the excellent “ Order Of The Vulture (A Birdwatchers’s Anthem)” where they are capable of dangerous speeds). I think the issue here is that the band don’t sound much different than any other band doing a similar thing and there are a lotof those. What I’m looking for is a differentiating factor, and I just don’t have it here yet. We have solid songwriting skills, and they are certainly capable, but I’m not hearing that differentiating factor that would make them stick out of the very crowded Southern sludge, Beardcore pack.

God bless ‘em for getting out there, playing gigs and hoeing that long, difficult road. Vulture is only on their first record though, they’ve got time to hone their craft and come up with the magic that will set them apart from the rest. In the interim, let’s hope they continue to hone their craft . And the singer ease up on the dairy.

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