Nirvana & Queens of the Stone Age Fans Will Love Raven King’s Self-Titled Album

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Written by Anthony Carioscia

Nowadays many alternative rock bands love to turn back time to the past, reminding fans of the genre’s hey day and showing their love for the greats of yesteryear. Raven King on the other hand, put a nice fresh take on this style. Hailing from Providence, a city known for its art and music, these up and comers mix in acid jazz tones, funk grooves, and tons of emotion. The band’s self-titled album will impress music fans ranging from grunge die hards to fans of prog rock and experimental styles of music.

The band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist AJ Bucci, bassist Gerrit Curti, and drummer Will Boisseau. This trio describes themselves as grunge meets art rock and go for a very melodic yet dark and atmospheric vibe.

This can be seen well in the latest single Drool which from the very start sounds like a fusion of Pink Floyd and Nirvana with its acid jazz guitar town bleeding into riffs that sound like something Kurt Cobain would without most defiantly write, and it has very Nevermindesque vocals. Then we have Carnival which fans of Dumb by Nirvana will love, with very Red Hot Chili Peppers style bass lines also thrown in.

The funkiest song here is Diminished, sounding like laid back funk rock for a majority of it just to build into punk rock aggression at many parts.

The most stand out track goes to Within Reach. This track will make you wonder if you just switched to a different band, as it has similar vibe to No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age with acoustics thrown in.

Lost Token is the track that old school grungers will sink their teeth into. This harsh rocker of a song sounds just like it could have come off the first few Soundgarden albums.

The production on the album is so crisp you will be shocked to find out it was self-produced by the band themselves. None of the instruments or vocals overpower each other. The entire record is unpredictable, with odd mixes of soft soothing melodies and vocals with harsh distortion and screams thrown in making for a disc where no two songs sound the same.

All and all this album is good proof that music has no rules and that anything can be mixed with anything if done right.

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Brett Buchanan
Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net