StonerRock.com - Kingdom Of Magic, Denver 2/16/2008

WANTAGE

This band, Kingdom of Magic, a Denver power trio brought their dense, plowing thunder to the Marquis Theater on Saturday, and it was an epic, if short set. I've known (guitarist) Luke Fairchild for several years, originally from his earlier (slightly more hardcore) band Sparkles. KOM has only done one self-released silkscreened EP called flight of but I expect much more from them soon. They write great riffs, and have one of those kudgeling rhythym sections that just locks in, and then crushes everything in its path. The bassist sort of does a little Cliff Burton channelling, with some nice leads woven into the heaviness.

Seemed like most of the crowd was there for Planes Mistaken for Stars, who played their last show, but Kingdom of Magic were my highlight.