Wow, was this CD created especially for me? How can I not love a band called Dopefight and an album called Buds? The cover art is nothing but pictures of giant buds and the back cover displays a small feast of low budget Chinese food. Even if it sounded like Celine Dion singing for Puddle Of Mudd I would have to support them. Luckily that’s not the case.
Dopefight are bunch of creeps from the UK hell bent on making a lot of noise and smoking a lot of pot. From the sounds of it they are successful on both counts. The 12 songs are mainly doomed out instrumental stoner metal. It’s obvious these guys love Black Sabbath and all of the other worshippers of Sabbath like Electric Wizard, Sleep, etc. They do play a little faster than most of those bands so maybe they’re into the Cro-Mags, too. When the vocals do appear their pissed off screams, mainly about wanting more weed
The song titles are great. It’s impossible to resist the joys of “Jock Witch,” “Bogtrotter” and the super angry “Brighton Town Is A Fuckin Whore.” I just wish there was more vocals. The lyrics are very entertaining, even if you have to strain a bit to make them out. Otherwise, the production is top notch. Guitar sound is bulldozing, bass thuds hard in the guts and the drums pulverize.
Support your local Dopefight. Society blows, Buds rocks.
--Woody
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