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ELECTRONIC PRESS-KIT 2014 WEBSITE FACEBOOK CONTACT Ryan Cole Chris Benoist Matt Ryan Chris White Elliot Cole RHYTHM GUITAR =——_BASS GUITAR VOCALS AD GUT Hard and heavy blues rockers Desert Storm boast gigantic riffs, slu AR ge ond The five piece operation first formed in 2007, hitting the Oxford music scene They are now repeatedly tearing up cities across the Globe. They have performed at events os the Bulldog Bash (UK), risfest (UK) and Hommerfest (UK). Desert Storm have played and toured alongside the followin DRUMS lues grooves. with full force. joadkill (BEL), Desertfest (UK), Dutch Doom Days (NU), Hard Rock Hell (UK), LMSE Festival (NL), foster 0} artists Corrosion of Conformity, Truckfighters, CKY, Red Fang, Grange Goblin, Karma To Burn, Weedeater, Honky, Peter Pan Speedrock, Nashville Pussy, Acid King, Nick Oliveri, Taint, Black Spiders, Turbowolf and Zoroaster. HORIZONTAL LIFE “Thunders hgh gode stoner oc’ METAL HAMMER MAGAZINE Tesert Sto ope ates ore booked 205is stoping up nice’ FRONT MAGAZINE “Pushing paving sib-sized chunks of shige} epi thee ent fucks’ ROCK-A-ROLLA HAGAZINE ‘there's oy justice nthe wr shoul se the gospel Desert Storm each the masses BIG CHEESE MAGAZINE “Anovolancheofface-meting gorgantuan grove: the kind hat mokes you scrunch up your cheeks’ POWER PLAY MAGAZINE Nastered by Billy Anderson Melvins, High On Fire, Orange Goblin, EyehateGod etc]. DESERT STORM HORIZONTAL LIFE While Oxford's stoner miscreants haven't forgotten how to lay down a killer tiffin the two years since Forked Tongues, they've sure learned a thing or two about heaviness, There's plenty of blues-heavy rock to nod along to but the likes of Shenzhen are punishing, paving slab-sized chunks of sludge while Ttar’s cosmic ascend: ancy shows equal aptitude for epic, ethereal head-fucks. A devastating return, DAVID :OW:S DESERT STORM Deserttombve jst Orange Gabe). With furpean dt itwecttharenend, —sevel Uktour ander bold 203s sapig Shumloczntl ie, tharbetaongsde pric Shchwemasteredty KarmaToBumand FOREAMB OR ack BiyAndeson cine, Nowy Desert Sabbath Csch Front Nogazine “Horizontal Lite” Genre: Rock/Metal/Blues/Psychedelic Blindsight Records : Oxford stoner rockers Desert Storm have been making aname for themselves across the country by way of their nuclear live shows, support tothe likes of Orange Goblin, Black Spiders and Turbowolf and tours with cult stoner legends Karma To Bum. Alter the success of debut ‘Forked Tongues”, the quintet are back with sophomore effor Horizontal Life’- andit's one hell ofa ride. The crunch is harder, and the products tighter. I's an avalanche of the kind that makes you 1d eat them in utter madness. Stoner pered with psychedelic effects and lure any devout or verging fan ofthe pentatonic. enough to have caught them on record or live so far be warned that this is tenfold what you've experienced previously. Virgins: be warned that youll be investing a lat of ime — and ear-energy = into these gents. A cracking album, POWERPOINTS: D2OO@OOOO RHIANNON MARLEY Fock A-Rolla Hagazine Pover Pay Magazine DESERT STO} Horizontal Life’ (Blindsight) thats la tne al anf make hom inmate Serouy thre’ cept of nes ise at youn re cain sine Tha’ au offi cg tops tte nh ponds Geet ee DESERT STORM HORIZONTAL LIFE insight) Second album from the Oxford stoner cre 8/10 Desert Storm have to be one of the hardest working UK rock bands and this follow up to their debut, ‘Forked Tongues’, should see that graft pay of. With a bluesy guitar groove worthy of a Clutch record, ‘Horizontal Life’ rocks and rolls with huge slabs of riffs. Vocalist Matt Ryan's rasp falls, between Orange Goblin’s Ben Ward and Clutch’s Neil Fallon and compliments the great stoner backdrop provided by the rest of the band. ‘Horizontal Life if there's any justice in this world, should see the gospel of Desert Storm reach the masses. “ScaE Rs Desert Storm HORIZONTAL LIFE |BLINDSIGHT | Thunderons,bigh grade stoner rock from Oxford From the city of dreaming spires ~ Oxford ~via some spit-stained, whiskey-soaked, hog-wild Texas, roadhouse, this fried five-piece (not to be confused with a least three other Desert Storms out there) offer stomping, stoner ‘metal on their second album, Think Clutch and Kyuss with abit cof weed-era Orange Goblin and Corrasion OF Conformity. Although openers Word To The Wise Man and Shadow OF An Eogle havea by-the-numbers feel about them, the album gets heavier, more expansive and ‘more interesting as trolls on. ‘Astral Planes and No Slave To Master-a sludgy ode to the holy herb complete with bong solo’ begin to shift the balance towards the darker, Pantera-on- Valium vibe that dominates the restofthe record. Asie from the change of pace offered by semi-acoustic number Gaia, it’s thunder and earthquakes the way. Horizontal Life's ‘too long, butt packs ST ee Miles Hackett 171 2 powerful punch, pera ac morn Nightshift Hagazine ig Cheese Hogucne Notal Hammer Hoyozine ye FORKED TONGUES "Tewider wold shoul opprecitthis scorching debut CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE ‘Thee re moments of pure cls on this cibun' POWER PLAY MAGAZINE “Yup Big phat juicy stoner ifs othe none ofthe game ere TERRORIZER MAGAZINE ‘Thesfs tick wih groove bonding cousics[Jond manic doon GUITARIST MAGAZINE “Tove Tongues swapped so depin grooes nd tobaco-cheving cowboy tite it huts’ DEVOLUTION MAGAZINE These aspiring Oxfordshire stoner metallers ooze their influences - and when those inspirations are Down and Clutch that’s no bad thing. The riffs are thick with groove and the pummelling South We Roll, brooding acoustics of Connected and dynamic doom of the title track show potential. [DH] Guitarist Hayazine X living in Oxford could make you so angry? With Matt Ryan ? threatening to “fuck you up from the inside” and Chris White's bombastic blues-metal ffs sounding like Rage jabbing Page with acatle-prod, this couldnt be further from scarves and bicycles. Dont expect to be handed the keys tothe city, boys, butte wider world should appreciate tis scorching debut. Lt Chissic Rock Hagazine Tevclutian Hoyazine DESERT STORM’S FORKED TONGUES FULL OF FEELING AND KED WITH PLENTY “AGGRESSION... 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