~Early Moods is a Doom/Heavy Metal band from Los Angeles, CA that pays homage to bands like Candlemass, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, Trouble and Sabbath.

Sonic Medusa, Made up of such seasoned players as the rhythm section for legendary stoner-rock outfit Goatsnake — drummer Greg Rogers (also formerly with the Obsessed) and bassist Scott Renner (ex-Sourvein and Brickbat) — guitarist Steve Darrow (who played with Guns n’ Roses precursor Hollywood Rose) early on, the group would record an EP of songs with former the Obsessed/Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder at his So.Cal Desert studio, cultivating a sound that nodded equally to Black Sabbath’s plodding doom and the locomotive drive of Motorhead and early Iron Maiden. By the time the band tracked the follow-up Sunset Soundhouse EP Tom 5 had departed and was ably replaced by Derek Christensen (better known by his stage name Dirty D, former frontman for the B-Movie Rats and Angus Khan). The new EP further refined the quartet’s stew of ’70s hard rock and metal influences. The recording also got the band picked up by Bay Area-based stoner-rock imprint Ripple Music. While the band has largely been quiet of late as Darrow focused on his proto-metal cover project Sister Midnight, the band is currently working on a forthcoming new album that should see release through Ripple in the coming year.

Concieved in a dark room by a sullen train of thought, and furthermore, born under a full moon by brotherhood, Easy Death is an angst of sorts brought on by the mourning of our time.

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