A lot of bands have copied the Sabbath blueprint and carved out a career for themselves. Saint Vitus however took Iommi’s fuzzed out guitar sound that he used only on a couple of albums and forged a career of their own with this sound.
This is a reissue of the band’s ’88 album, and when you think of big stoner bands Saint Vitus don’t spring to mind even though they have been doing this sound since ’78. Comprising of only six tunes with two intros, it’s a relatively short piece of work but they have captured that early 70’s sound perfectly with a lo/fi production to add to the vibe. My favourite tune is the heavily Sabbath influenced final cut Looking Glass. This could seriously be a Sabbath outtake it’s that close.
I don’t normally buy things like this, but for $5 it was screaming “buy me.”
7/10 from The Grooveman.
