Orange Goblin - Science Not Fiction (Vinyl/Record)

The barroom-brawling, tooth-loosening thugs in Orange Goblin are back after a 5-year hiatus to re-club you with their bruising biker/stoner doom on 10th album Science, Not Fiction. I’ve missed these uncouth characters too. Their burly blend of rock, doom, and metal always resonated with me and almost always makes me want to overindulge in low-rent spirits while making bad decisions. Much more in-your-face than most stoner music, Orange Goblin always grasped at meaner elements like the southern grit of Corrosion of Conformity and the biker bar menace of Fireball Ministry. Powered by the whiskey-rough bellows of Ben Ward and the raucous riffage of Joe Hoare, the Goblin sound has always been the confrontational poke in the chest before the punches fly, and that’s a great place to park your hog. With a new bassist in tow, will the band change gears after so long a rest, or will the brass knuckle sensibilities still rule the day?