{"id":99303,"date":"2023-04-07T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=99303"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:00:42","slug":"album-review-sonic-demon-veterans-of-the-psychic-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sonic-demon-veterans-of-the-psychic-war\/","title":{"rendered":"SONIC DEMON &#8211; Veterans Of The Psychic War (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>SONIC DEMON<br \/>Veterans Of The Psychic War<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Self-released (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sonicdemon_veteransofthepsychicwar.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Drenched in fuzz and grooving like a late 60s satanic orgy, Italian weed eaters Sonic Demon prowl the night like a deranged Charles Manson-esque cult yet armed with massive, dirty riffs and numerous psychedelics to keep them in their doom-stoned trance.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally there is a lot of Electric Wizard influence here, as seems to be the case with so many bands of this ilk, and for me such dynamics remain an acquired taste due to the generic nature of such creations. Maybe it\u2019s because I haven\u2019t been on such a trip for a while that Sonic Demon\u2019s second full-length outing appeals, from its typically stoned cover art right down to the sneering, snarling yet often obscured vocal spits.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, <em>Veterans Of The Psychic War<\/em> offers little in the way of variety as the eight tracks on offer all follow a similar pattern of groove-based fuzziness that drips heavily with a late 60s and early 70s psych influence caressed by satanic overtones on the likes of \u2018Lucifer\u2019s The Light\u2019 and \u2018Sexmagick Nights\u2019, although the latter offers more subtlety with its mesmeric electricity. \u2018The Gates\u2019 is another notable track where a heavyweight, punky garage attitude drips from the pores of this sonic buzz, while \u2018F.O.A.D.\u2019 offers up similar sun-drenched, blood-soaked aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>This is very much occult fuzz crafted a million times before, but when in the mood I can lap this up like a rabid werewolf drowning in the blood of its latest victim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONIC DEMONVeterans Of The Psychic War Self-released (2023)Rating: 7\/10 Drenched in fuzz and grooving like a late 60s satanic orgy, Italian weed eaters Sonic Demon prowl the night like a deranged Charles Manson-esque cult yet armed with massive, dirty riffs and numerous psychedelics to keep them in their doom-stoned trance. 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