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Dope Rider

by Kurokuma

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leshoyeb
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leshoyeb The sound of plowing through volcanic rock using a 20inch thick lead plow pulled by oxen made of reinforced concrete. If you need a beat that is going to tear down anything standing in it's way, look no further. Favorite track: Dope Rider pt. 1.
Dean Thom
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Dean Thom The finest sludge metal in all known and unknown universes
DMSipko
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DMSipko This EP will blow apart your skull with its double-barreled sonic blast of thunderous riffs. It's like a herd of elephants stampeding through the desert. I can't wait for a full-length from these guys! Favorite track: Dope Rider pt. 2.
Rob Hammer
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Rob Hammer fantastic album that went straight to my End Of Year list!
Harley Raine
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Harley Raine An unstoppable force fuelled by your favourite nightmares, inching closer and closer, each chug equalling the energy needed to fuel a small star, just when you think you're safe you wake up, to see you're already looking down the barrel of the gun.

Heavy. Favorite track: Dope Rider pt. 2.
Beauketto
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Beauketto Kurokuma have done a great job of capturing the nomad style of Dope Rider and shaping it into audio form, adding their own unique spin to the tunes which also perfectly fits the DP character. Top stuff.

Favorite track: Dope Rider pt. 1.
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    10" black vinyl. Full Dope Rider comic strip ('Geckos') printed inside plus lyrics.

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    Dope Rider 10" vinyl with glow in the dark Kurokuma acrylic grinder.

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Journey through the emerald valley green Ancient wisdom for the neonate child Bind the tongue, unfettered mind Warp this cruel untwisted paradigm No chains can hold him Darkness falls, eldritch shadows rise Truth and horror coupled in the light Tempered spirit, guarded from the blight Reveal the path through endless smoke of white He escapes from reality​
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He hits the saloon For one glass of water Don't mess with this bone man You're playing with slaughter The sheriff, he baits him A dangerous game Dope Rider is fastest He draws and he aims The lizards, they circle "Send him to trial!" A two-bit affair You can't break his stare "The verdict is in!" "Death by hanging!" "You're food for the birds" "Any last words?" Why would you hang him? He's nothing to lose This man isn't mortal He's higher than you Try as you might, man You won't break that stare Constantly indifferent He's going nowhere (only higher and higher)

about

Dope Rider is a concept EP based on the strip of the same name, created and illustrated by Paul Kirchner for High Times beginning in the 1970s.

"This is a perfect example of a band making good on their live promise...This is essential listening for riff-worshipers everywhere and cannot come highly-rated enough - 10/10." - SonicAbuse

"Red-eyed purists should definitely take a big hit." - Kerrang!

"The sheer volume of the band's live show is captured here, but clear as a bell. We've said before that Kurokuma can smell fear. With this release they are holding up the bloody heads of their enemies. On horseback." - ninehertz

"Dope Rider is a delightful blend of gritty sludge and kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of the most integral cogs in the Steel City’s doom inner circle." - Astral Noize

"The real lesson here is how to take a riff and slow it down to its most threatening tone whilst still being recognisable as a six stringed guitar, and to then take that and repeatedly drive it into the audiences skulls, preferably from the base of the spine upward." - Real Gone

"Zombie driven bulldozer assault." - Shadebeast Records

credits

released July 30, 2018

Dope Rider artwork © Paul Kirchner.
Recorded by Sam Thredder (Slabdragger) at The Cro's Nest.
Mixed and mastered by Chris Fielding (Conan) at Skyhammer Studio.

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Kurokuma Sheffield, UK

Hypnotic / hallucinogenic heavy metal

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