As one of the latest activities by Metal Temple for the unsigned bands, I present you my next presentation, CHRON GOBLIN. These Canadian guys already released an album before and even some EPs, mixing up Stoner meets Beer and Party Metal but mainly Stoner, although there is much Punk in the midst, but in overall CHRON GOBLIN is a Stoner Metal band.

Jumping directly to the opening "Deserter", heralding some psychedelic guitar sounds that threw me off track, yet these were subdued in favor of the band's Stoner antics. The song is great yet Josh Sandulak's screaming is a little too much for me. A bit of surprise came from "Dry Summer" with darkened guitar that reminded of KYUSS, yet again Sandulak screamos are way beyond enduring. Heading on to "Lonely Prey", Sandulak vocals sounding much better, yet the thorn appeared to be probably the bad production. On the other hand, the guitaring efforts are hellish, or should I say Hell of beers and smoke.

Unlike "Dry Summer", "Big Baby" was another neat surprise of a Southern Rock style track massively made with a banjo and great drumming sequences and here again Sandulak sounded much better. Don't let the song fool you because after 1:57 it changes to a full blown Stoner masterpiece. Also don't miss "Life For The Living", a more Doom meets psychedelic and Stoner for a beer in the local pub, great mix of all styles. Talking about Doom led me to "Any Day", a classic Doom track that I found to be very likeable, other than that there is "Give No More" that appeared as a Grunge ballad that changes to a fine Stoner hit, and I did find Sandulak's vocal ability to sing these kinds of song very interesting.

So, how didn't I hear about these guys in the first place? What the world came to if a band like this one slipped through the cracks and didn't get to my table much earlier, great album, mediocre production but in overall an immaculate Stoner album that should be out there for all to listen.