Showing posts with label A Borrowing Kid Generation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Borrowing Kid Generation. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2021

Stoner metal "Alive Ruins" from A BORROWING KID GENERATION

Fuzzy is excited to share the new stoner metal album from Greece's A BORROWING KID GENERATION! It's no lie to say that this band gets better and better with every release, and they started out 3 years ago with a killer sound to begin with! This album extends the band's psychedelic sound, along with longer clean guitar solos than in previous releases. Listen to A Borrowing Kid Generation's "Alive Ruins" on Bandcamp:

"Alive Ruins" blasts right out of the gate (as does every release from ABKG) and doesn't let up for 7 meaty tracks. Buzzing, fuzzy, fast-paced guitars race through their riffs without ever getting repetitive or losing sight of the mountain peaks which they so effortlessly ascend. "High Energy" doesn't really quite do this album justice. "Beyond High Energy" is more like it. 

"Alive Ruins" is a solid 45 minutes, and is just simply a badass metal album. 

"Rage Of Political Bastards (I Have A Dream)" deserves particular attention, as this is the first time that the band has made extensive use of samples in one of their songs. They really work to great effect here.

Fuzzy's Favorite: Every track on here is killer, but I'll pick "Alive Ruins" as my favorite because it demonstrates a bold new direction for ABKG. It's slower than most of their other tracks, and has deep sound to it with some killer guitar solos that really grab me. "Tambora Effect" is also a stand-out.

A Borrowing Kid Generation hails from Greece.

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Sunday, July 14, 2019

VALLEY OF THE SOULS by A BORROWING KID GENERATION instrumental stoner metal from Greece

VALLEY OF THE SOULS by A BORROWING KID GENERATION
VALLEY OF THE SOULS by A BORROWING KID GENERATION
This review is very special for me. Way back when I was putting together my first Bandcamp compilation, one of the very first artists to accept my invitation was A Borrowing Kid Generation. (He was also one of my first album reviews.) So I am really excited to be doing a review for his latest album, VALLEY OF THE SOULS. ABKG is one man from Greece with a serious talent for instrumental stoner metal. 8 tracks and over half an hour with songs that drift effortlessly between very hard stoner riffs to more melodic sounds. I know many fans worry that the lack of vocals means there is something missing from the music, but there is so much going on with these songs there is no space for vocals to get into the mix. The lead guitar sounds like the vocals when I listen to music like this, except that I get to fill in the lyrics myself depending on my mood and what the music reaches inside me.


A Borrowing Kid Generation is a one-man project by Nikos Raptis of Greece. Read more about Nikos and his music on my earlier review at one of my first album reviews.

Special note about that badass album cover: it's badass! Check out more art by Zulfajrimb.


If you dig instrumental stoner metal, there is more to be enjoyed on LOUD & LONELY VOL. 1.










Tuesday, October 30, 2018

NEW RELEASE Uprising & Stoned by A Borrowing Kid Generation stoner music review by Fuzzy Cracklins

Uprising & Stoned by A Borrowing Kid Generation stoner music review by Fuzzy Cracklins
Uprising & Stoned by A Borrowing Kid Generation
Here's another new release to let you in on before it drops later this week. Listen and read the Fuzzy Cracklins review of the instrumental stoner album Uprising & Stoned from Greece by A Borrowing Kid Generation ......