Customer Reviews

Seed of Decades

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Do you like Clutch? Because if you do, you'll recognize a lot of that band's sound here. Thick, heavy grooves? Check. Gravelly, wailed vocals? Check. Thumping rhythm section? Check. Massive guitar riffs and fuzzy lead work? Well, you get the idea. However, past the Clutch resemblances, there is a lot that makes this album interesting. Joe Selby is an outstanding guitarist who pulls off an enormous array of sounds. Opener "Fear Death By Water" demonstrates the range of his abilities right off the bat, with a combination of monster riffs and addictive slide guitar work. Other, slower tunes see him branching out into acoustic work, with Dan Kerzwick bringing his vocal energy down a notch to match. The band mixes harder tunes with the slower and softer stuff for a while after "Fear Death by Water," until it reaches its peak towards the end with the monstrously heavy "Red Colony" and "Rumor Den." There aren't any truly weak songs on here, and the diversity of the songs keeps "Seed of Decades" from ever getting boring. I look forward to more good things to come from this band.

Rarely does a rock band begin its major label career with an album as varied, multi-faceted, and flat-out heavy as "Seed of Decades." Sixty Watt's first CD, "Ultra Electric," was released on indy label Game Two Records and suffers from horrible production and mixing. For people who have followed this band over the years and heard their sound evolve, this is the real debut album for Sixty Watt Shaman.

"Fear Death By Water" features fantastic slide guitar work by Joe Selby, "Poor Robert Henry" invokes the spirit of "No Quarter" era Led Zeppelin to pound the heaviness into you, and "New Trip" will force you to dance and let your body bob to the beat. This is quite possibly the best record of the year 2000.

After a musically sparse decade, it is great to hear the new one kicked off by this awesome album. 60 watt are equally parts of AC/DC, Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath with a groove all there own. If you have been looking for a rock band to get in to, this is the album to get. By far the best album of 2000. Check out that wicked slide groove on I've Been Down! Awesome!

If you like bands like Down, Hendrix and Sabbath you may like this band. Sixty Watt Shaman have stated those bands have influenced them heavily. And you can really tell. I think they are a solid southern heavy stoner style Rock band. If you mixed 50% Down with 40% Hendrix and 10% Ozzy/Sabbath you would get something that resembles Sixty Watt Shaman. Though in my opinion they are not Nearly as good as Down. I still think Shaman ROCKS!

Picked up the album after I saw the band play with Clutch and COC - Very cool, mellow rock groove throughout... Kind of a funky COC/Gov't Mule kind of sound to a lot of the songs... Excellent choice for fans of "stoner rock," especially "Fear Death by Water" and "Poor Robert Henry," which have a definite old-school southern rock feel to them... Check these guys out, it's worth your while!

...I was pretty bored with it by the 8th or 9th song. The songs just kinda blend into each other. I do like the vocals though. I hear "Reason to Live" is better.

This was their first true recording project, although it was thier second full album. I give this album four stars, because, though I love this album and this band, Five stars would mean it's an album that stands next to Physical Graffitti, the White Album, and a select few other records. This album is a must own for fans who enjoy any of the splinter disciplines of what Sabbath, Hendrix, and Zeppelin started. An album worth the money, with many great songs and performances. If there are any criticisms, one would be the production. It leaves some room for improvement. Beyond that, I hope this band can continue to build upon this awesome release for years to come. Purchas and enjoy!

If you like the fun genre known as "stoner rock," then you'll like Sixty Watt. They revel in Sabbath riffs, mixed with liberal doses of southern rock. In this case, that's not all bad. "Fear of Death By Water" has some cool slide licks and singer Dan Kerzwick's rasp sounds like he just drank a 5th of whiskey. "Low Earth Orbit" has a laid back groove and existential lyrics, while "Roll The Stone" is pure Skynyrd all the way. As with a lot of bands that play this kind of music, their repetoire is limited and after awhile the songs tend to repeat themselves. This record is a good beginning though.

I like this much better than Queens of the Stone Age or even Kyuss. I think this is the best stoner rock band around.

First of all, don't even bother mentioning Sixty Watt Shaman in the same sentence as Alice and Chains and Soundgarden. Cantrell has more talent in his pinky than Sixty Watt has all together. If you want to check out real Stoner Rock, Kyuss and Queens of The Stone Age are a good start. This album is mediocre at best. Red Colony seems to be the only song I could really get into. Cool album cover though! Maryland must have a really lame Stoner Rock scene, because out here in CA, Sixty Watt Shaman would go unnoticed.