Doomsdayer's Holiday

Grails | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Temporary Residence
• ASIN: B001EOQUAA
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Their darkest, heaviest record yet, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics and mountain-ascending riffs. Grail's avant-metal leanings are evident as always, but "Doomsdayer's Holiday" finds their already-broad palette continually expanding with 70's European film noir and cosmic free jazz explorations.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow., December 1, 2008

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bkhage01 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Audio CD)

Not sure what this other reviewer, R.W. Wade, is talking about...he probably should have laid off the pipe before reviewing...but this is my favorite Grails album yet.

I've been a fan for a while and have all their albums (they also put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen), but Doomsdayer's Holiday is on a whole different level. Reincarnation Blues and Acid Rain are easily two of Grails' best. If you're unsure, download those two and listen - the whole album is in the same vein. The album seems to pick up where Take Refuge in Clean Living left off, and the result is immaculate. ALthough their prior releases were unreal and completely unique, Grails have really grown into their sound. All the familiar Middle Eastern influences are still present, if not even more pronounced, and the light-to-dark contrasts add to the experience. The playing is tighter and the sound even better than before. The guitar work is more advanced and identifiable, and the drum work is absolutely fierce. Somehow this band keeps getting better. Buy this album NOW.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLACK EMPEROR, November 30, 2008

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Kerry Leimer (Makawao, Hawaii United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Audio CD)

In real broad strokes, it seems that progressive rock took two paths. By far the most prominent seems a stylistic and aesthetic extension of the origins that ranges from the imitative to the profoundly innovative. The other, tangential path, incorporates the garage/noise/phonographer/punk influences that, to my ears anyway, revitalize the form. Grails may at times stray too far from the structured to the unstructured on this release, but hey: give a listen to "Reincarnation Blues" and help count out the number of stylistic nods. A meticulous and careless record -- God Speed You, Grails.

11 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Deny Yourself This Life!, October 17, 2008

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R. W. Born "Wade" (Toledo ,Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Audio CD)

A Forest of Amanita muscaria and from one(or two) emerges The Grail WE all search for it and now it is found as we lay sidebysideunderneath andover we float and become this feast for the senses A MIXTURE A PLETHORA of Psych Tablets Elixirs Sacraments Finger Foods!!!! Eat & be Happy!