I have to say that when it comes to albums such as this “Dark Songs of the Prairie” I must admit ignorance, their blend of psychedelic doom and stoner metal is just way out of my league, I’m more of a simplistic man, give me raw, heavy, fast metal and I’ll be happy; but hey at least Crucial Blast is trying to make me think and grow a little outside my metal box, and that can never be a bad thing.

Let me put it this way, because that’s the way I perceived the album, this is doom/country rock all submerged in a little acid, the riffs are raw and embellished and the same time by country rhythms, there is a smell of punk all over the songs as well, maybe that’s because of the vocals, all placed at the end of the tunnel, yes and that’s because all the instruments are covering the vocals with a thick layer of guitars and a powerful drum work, the vocals are just like a whisper in the background, quite interesting…perhaps that’s why everything sounds so…“on drugs”.

Across Tundras is one of those bands that you would really like to talk to about their music, because everything sounds so personal and so beyond “normality” every song carries a spirit more than a tune and it seems like there is a deeper meaning to their lyrics.

This is how their label describes this Denver band “Draw a tangential line from Neil Young to Hum to Neurosis, and unleash a powerful new statement of rustic, crushing Americana” ok I have no idea what their talking about, but you must admit it sounds interesting!

DO NOT and I repeat, DO NOT listen to this album expecting something heavy and catchy, or brutal or even sweet and melodramatic, “Dark Songs of the Prairie” is deep, mid tempo doom metal (just to simplified a bit things) with almost no vocals and a few very interesting song structures; everything sounds like either a massive improvisation or a clever set up to send us on a psychedelic mellow ride for almost an hour.