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Zodiac N Black
Mon 7th May 2012 @ The Hare & Hounds

Headliner: Zodiac N Black
When: Mon 7th May 2012
Time: 12:00pm

“You know what it’s like when you hear an unknown band for the first time, and they impress you? The first thought is, ‘Hang on, can they really be as good as I thought? Let’s play it again’. And the second time, the music still sounds strong. Well, meet Zodiac N Black, a young London band who’ve already displayed enough verve, vivacity and sheer musical depth to suggest they are in a with a real shout at making the right noises at the highest levels.

Listen to their three-track EP ‘ZNB’ and you’ll get the idea of where this foursome are coming from, They’ve got influences – Led Zeppelin, Queens Of The Stone Age , Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Free – but to these are added a grittier, more modern approach. One that does bring to mind the power, passion and predilection of a young Rage Against The Machine or Them Crooked Vultures.

So, who are this band? Well, the story starts in March 2008 when vocalist Jad and guitarist Jim got Zodiac N Black together, the idea being to have an outlet for their songs. It took the pair a while to find the right people to complete the line-up, but finally in February 2010, they got the rhythm section to complement their musicality, with the arrival of bassist Hank and drummer Luca.

Say the band about their approach:
“The song is the most important thing for us, and to be able to play the songs live to their full potential.”

 

BIO BY MALCOLM DOME, 2011.

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Zodiac N Black

12/05/2012 By Luke Randall

Bank Holiday Monday’s Metal all-dayer at the Hydrant was home to mass personal hygiene dysfunction and general strangers to the bathroom. My God. The stench. However, it was a full-on, bollocks out, rock and roll event for fuck’s sake. It’s good to see the scene has no intention of cleaning up its act.

Zodiac and Black rocked an energetic teatime slot, big muscular and stuttering riffs held together by the scaffold of tenacious rhythm section that chugged hard. Singer Jim stood amid the maelstrom giving it some soulful hollering and impassioned phrasing.

They evoke a definite stoner rock vibe and the tip of their scuffed converse is dipped firmly in 70s era of classic heavy rock. Zodiac and Black display an ambition in sound in delivering authentic mini-epics that pivot on agile guitar work that build in intensity as the pounding gets meaner. Only the Lonely thrives on short and brutal guitar stabs that drop in and out while the bass weaves an insidious melody.
Six strings get bent out shape, amps howl under the burden, a lot of hair gets tossed asunder and the boys stand unified in standard issue black drain pipes throwing some cool shapes.

Set completed and stage swiftly exited.

Mission was evidently accomplished.

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