BLUE CHEER — Vincebus Eruptum (review)

BLUE CHEER — Vincebus Eruptum album cover Album · 1968 · Heavy Psych Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
Although this is often called the first heavy metal album, this is in fact nothing more than heavy psych and blues. The reference makes more sense when it is tweaked over to the proto-metal category because this probably indeed was one of the first albums where the Marshall amps were turned up to 11. The feedback is so thick that it actually interferes with the melodic flow at times.

The album begins with a cover of Eddie Cochran's “Summertime Blues” and then quickly retreats into some serious blues and heavy psych with some feedback freakouts that leave only the excellent metal worthy drumming of Paul Waley to keep the backbone of the music going to prevent a total entry into avant-free-jazz cacophony.

This is one of those albums i've always heard about but never was interested in hearing but after finally hearing it I actually like it. I find it to be more than a museum relic and actually a decent listen. Anyone with an adversity to noise may have a hard time with this, but without a doubt this is the heaviest album i've heard from 1968.
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