Gold & Grey

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AlbumJun 14 / 201917 songs, 1h 36s
Stoner Rock Stoner Metal
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By now, Savannah, Georgia, metal band Baroness is down to one original member—singer/guitarist and album cover artist extraordinaire John Baizley—and based in Philadelphia. But the steady turnover during the past decade and a half hasn\'t made Baroness feel any less cohesive or consistent. Their fifth full-length album throws in a few stylistic changes (the post-rock interludes “Assault on East Falls” and “Sevens,” the hushed acoustic guitars comprising the first minute of “Tourniquet,” and “Blankets of Ash,” which is a little bit of each) but is as much of an endpoint for the band as it is a springboard. Baizley has said this will be the last Baroness album to be named after colors, an overarching concept that stretches back to 2007\'s *Red Album*. Whatever that portends, it won\'t be due to a lack of ideas. Frantic pulse-quickeners like “Throw Me an Anchor,” “Seasons,” and “Broken Halo” sit alongside the beat-heavy, atmospheric “I\'m Already Gone,” which Baizley himself has described as “Massive Attack meets TLC\'s \'Waterfalls.\'”

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Post-rock, space rock, prog rock, psychedelic rock, grungy Alice in Chains-eyeing hard rock—it’s all here, and since it’s Baroness, it works.

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American metal band continue to push the envelope on stunning new LP

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Gold & Grey represents the end of Baroness' color-schemed album titles, preceded by Red Album, Blue Record, Yellow & Green, and Purple.

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Gold & Grey ends the colour cycle Baroness started with 2007's Red. In the last 12 years, the band have moved from being sludgy outsiders to...

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Daniel Fella reviews the brand new album from post/prog metallers Baroness. Read his review of Gold & Grey here on Distorted Sound!

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Gold & Grey marks the closing of a thematic journey for Baroness.

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I have a confession to make: I could never get into Baroness.

The Philadephia-based quartet have found a new sense of purpose on this more psychedelic fifth album

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We review the new Baroness record, Gold & Grey, which writer Jeff Treppel calls "An unflinchingly honest snapshot of where Baroness are now."