RestingKodama
Sludgy old school hardcore/stoner rock riffs & psych style vocals, all wrapped together with some strong rhythms & percussion. Mind blowing album!
Favorite track: Reptilian Woman.
This album is a huge improvement from the already-awesome “Zigurat“, so it looks like they will only get better from here. Sergeant Thunderhoof has definitely put in the time and has the talent to be the next big thing in Stoner Rock, so be sure to check them out, because you will hear this name again.
morefuzz.net/reviews/sergeant-thunderhoof-ride-hoof/
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This is the second album from this band, being their follow up to 2014’s Zigurat and it is a monolithic testament that successfully sets the guys apart from much of the rehashings currently taking place in this genre. I believe this is one of 2015’s best releases,
metalnexus.net/sergeant-thunderhoof-ride-of-the-hoof-review/
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Throughout this album there is a great tightness to the musicianship and no matter which avenue they choose to explore next, the band keep up with each other in perfect symbiosis. Reminiscent of Iron Maiden at their peak, Sergeant Thunderhoof are more than willing to introduce more progressive concepts into their music to keep things interesting. Old fashioned it may well be, but it certainly makes for a fun ride. It’s often difficult to stand out from the crowd with music like this and with standards being so high at the moment you really have to tip your hat to Sergeant Thunderhoof who leave you begging for more. If the sign of a good album is its ability to make you return for repeated listens then Ride Of The Hoof is definitely going to be a mainstay on your record player. Faultless in delivery, it may be let down by moments of small naivety, but on the whole it’s a quite fantastic release. Highly recommended, you may find yourself hooked and wanting to come back for more.
echoesanddust.com/2015/11/sergeant-thunderhoof-ride-of-the-hoof/
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Ride Of The Hoof is superbly produced. It’s perhaps one of the best produced albums I’ve heard this year from the UK Stoner Rock/Metal scene. It sounds amazing from the start. My final thoughts of the album is that's a creative, intelligent, often humorous album that’s packed full of wonder and adventure. Sergeant Thunderhoof have excelled themselves here. Excellent and Highly Recommended.
outlawsofthesun.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/sergeant-thunderhoof-ride-of-hoof-album.html
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Ride of the Hoof may be caught up in a sweeping new wave of British doom that’s seen the likes of Alunah, Greenhorn and Undersmile rise to the crest, but with songwriting like this so early into their trajectory, it won’t be long before Sergeant Thunderhoof can be counted among these ranks. Ride on through the streets of Bath!
brokenamp.com/sergeant-thunderhoof-ride-of-the-hoof/
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There's a huge amount to enjoy here over the course of the albums 50 minutes; Dan's vocals complimenting the crunching riffs from Mark Sayer, and then theres the Psychrock grooves. Ride of the Hoof is highly recommended.
atomheartmutha.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/album-reviewsergeant-thunderhoof-ride.html
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Got your order of beer and pretzels metal, right here. This is exactly the sort of riff-pounding, bong-rocking metal you need blasting at any party. You honestly won’t care that it’s not the deepest of records; when you have a case of beers to get through, you don’t exactly want a case of the feels. It’s pretty well impossible to hate an album when its biggest fault is that it’s not a thought-provoking chin-scratcher.
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credits
released November 5, 2015
Written by Sergeant Thunderhoof
Recorded at Stage 2 Studios (Bath, UK) - www.stage2studios.co.uk
Mastered by Subsequent Mastering - www.subsequentmastering.com
Engineered and Produced by Ben Turner
Artwork by Sara-Jane Swettenham
All Rights Reserved 2015
What use is your God? The time of your Lord is no more a part of you.
Stand close to the fire, cross over your soul in a void of bloody war.
Yeah! This is a low. A beast inside your mind.
Waiting for, the devil sign.
Asleep in your thoughts, contemplating a life carved in stone. Your body calls.
Love can answer the song. Raping your addiction to the sword, when your heart grows old.
Yeah! This is a low. A beast inside your mind.
Waiting for, the devil sign.
The lightning strikes, above the hills
A fleeting call, when time stood still
The alien craft prepares for war
The distant planets will eat you all
Track Name: Planet Hoof
Far away, their light began to fade
A place before, the nightmare of blood
Of the Nine that remained, Hoof was his name
With Thunder he soared, on Lunar he roared
The sound was made, glory became
In brimstone he told his people the code
Your children, I am the story
Lead them to the door
Let them see the beauty of a world without a wall
Break the shield inside yourself
This heaven you ignore
Embrace the blinding truth of love, right down to your core
She thought of everything
Ages of ecstacy
Legions of love to feel
Lord set them free from fear
Track Name: Reptilian Woman
Waves carved into my brain
Sounds of a fallen angel
Face, is a thing of magic
Woman! Take me to your leader
Rage for the son of man
I crave because it's all illusion
Hands will deceive my body
Pain for pleasure
She's a hell of a woman
She's got snakes for thighs
She's coming to get you, NO!
Reptilian woman, don't look in her eyes
She wants me inside her, NO!
This fear is a mortal coil
Crawl from her cave of wonder
Fever will control your brain
With lust you can't hide
She's a hell of a woman
She's got snakes for thighs
She's coming to get you, NO!
Reptilian woman, she's got breasts of size
She wants me inside her, NO!
Falling through the sky in your chains
This woman's got me high, she's a tease
The devil looks like gold, God I pray
Lord please let me go, i'm on my knees
Oh no! All the world's slipping by, it's fear
Oh no! It's the pain of letting go, it's fear!
I am mystified by your grace
I am terrified by your sweet gold face
Oh no! All the world's slipping by, it's fear
Oh no! It's the pain of letting go, it's fear!
Track Name: Enter The Zigurat
Son we will send you away
To a land far from time and space
Gone is the time for regret
Place your faith into the zigurat
But please walk on back to me
Lift his soul for all to see
Out there we can fly
2000 years in the heavens
Swim through tides of pure energy
Bring us back the cure for misery
Won’t you please walk on back to me
Lift his soul for all to see….believe! see!
Mother, I’ve arrived in this garden of life
And I’ve paid for with my life. Keeping secrets inside.
I miss you in my heart. A thousand life times apart.
I will lead them from the dark. I’ll avenge you before I part.
Track Name: Goat Mushroom
Satan was born to the world in a dream of a boy and a girl
Feasting the fears of the sun, deep in the mire and the scum, yeah!
Drink to the horror of war, do we believe that we’ve heard it before?
Forget the illusion of chance, visions repeated by light, yeah!
There’s a devil hiding in your filthy head, you must defeat this hate before you wake up dead.
Absorb the sound of endless love and drive the pain away.
I got no time for playing all your silly games.
Stupidity of thought tearing at your heart.
It’s grinding you down, the child that you are
These knives stuck in your heart
It feels like you’re falling apart
Bring it back into the dark
Exposing your soul, your teachings forsaken for blood
No human is able to say……this is the end
It feels like you’re falling apart
These knives stuck in your heart
It feels like you’re falling apart
These knives stuck in your heart
Satan was born to the world in a dream of a boy and a girl
Feasting the fears of the sun, deep in the mire and the scum, yeah!
Track Name: The Staff Of Souls
Staring out to your world
I’ve tried so long to carry this hurt
The flame of god has touched your body
Cities of gold were cast from my heart
I give you one more day
With love I set you free
I feel your heart in mine
To forgive is divine
You came for greed and took what you could see
A thousand years buried in the deep.
You wear the pain upon your body.
The staff of souls, I will right the wrongs.
One more day
With love I set you free
I feel your heart in mine
To forgive is divine
