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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BISON B.C.?

 Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 6:24pm by

bison bcWhat do you think of Bison B.C.? There’s been some rumblings in the underground lately about these Canadian younguns’ sophomore album Quiet Earth (Metal Blade) but I’ve yet to really give it a fair shake. What I’ve heard from their MySpace page sounds like pretty good stoner metal to me, but I’m not entirely sold yet. More than a few folks I know have said I need to seriously check out this record, and I’ll be privy to their live show in only two days; so the verdict is out.

So… What do YOU think of Bison BC?

-VN

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  • bucketochicken

    Pretty sweet animated running bison GIF on their MySpace page…

  • ryan

    they’re pretty fucking awesome. they have an awesome vibe and are definitely very authentic live. they had the whole club in minneapolis headbanging and thrashing during the dates they recently did with baroness as “bison” a few weeks ago. are you going to the harvey milk show, vince?

  • Kevin

    Bison is amazing check out Earthbound and their new CD. They are both worth the money.
    Good Shit

  • borden

    what do I think?? some of the best metal, with a replay value, to come out of Canada in years. I would love to see these guys live . Hopefully they’ll come my way soon. because there live show has got to be enormous!! Just my hopes and opinion.

  • Sammy

    I think you mean the “jury is still out”.

  • http://noyokono.blogspot.com noyokono

    I was actually planning on writing about them in my next (admittedly overdue) installment of “Scraping Genius Off The Wheel” because I really love what they’re doing. Their music invokes the same sense of mischievous joy that I get from Melvins records. I think I’ll be at that Knitting Factory show as well…

  • Tyler

    they are ok. they have a cool vibe to them so i would probally go see them if i had the chance. they sound like a cheap version of mastodon. worth the money in my eyes.

  • shreddies

    shmeh…it’s ok i guess. Not really my steeze.

  • http://www.myspace.com/bminekime enemyofgod72

    My first reaction is they sound like Testament meets High on Fire, not a bad combo. I want to hear more so I guess that’s a good thing. Plus I’m from Buffalo so there’s an initial connection to the bison image. Speaking of that the Sabres won tonight for any hockey fans out there.

  • The Mance

    shits kind of weak, man. its passable stoner metal but there’s much better stuff out there.

  • dont panic

    One of the better beard metal bands out there today.

  • Insomnivore

    It’s kinda like if Mastodon had a stroke and suffered slight brain damage.

  • http://www.pro-jikts.com Nickmeister

    They remind me a bit of Mastodon, neh? But it’s not bad.

  • DamagedMike

    Decent band lacking in originality. Definitely Mastodon influence, mixed with a little thrash. There is nothing here that hasn’t been done better by others this year. Especially The Sword. I think this is Metal Blade’s effort to cash in on the success of The Sword and Mastodon for that matter. This isn’t a bad album though, it’s just not great and there are better ones out there. Examples are The Sword and The Gates Of Slumber. If you do like this though I highly recommend checking out new ones from Leather Nun (America), Lucky Funeral from Greece and Sahg (in a pseudo-progressive, melodic European kinda way). Grand Magus even. These are essentially all in the same genre of metal, but much better albums, all of them are definitely worth checking out.

    Rock on.

  • badstainless

    Its not too bad….. but its not that great. More “Meh” then anything.

  • Baby Guts

    I was diggin on it. Alot like Mastodon and The Sword had a baby and it was aborted.

  • http://www.metalsucks.net DBR

    Everyone over here in Vancouver is nuts about them, cause they’re local breakthroughs!

    That said they rock a bad-ass live show!

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  • bill

    This band is really good but I’ll admit their first ep is better than their new lp. Kind of dry with not much vocals. Riffs are really good though. My real hope is pinned on the new -16- album. Their new record for relapse should save my stupid life. Fingers are crossed

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  • http://hookssobig.blogspot.com Wayne

    Caught these guys at a coffee shop gig opening for High on Fire and they were absolutely terrific, and nice guys to boot.

  • http://www.kingdomofnoise.blogspot.com Qella

    Bison BC are incredible. I did a quick review of Quiet Earth on my blog. http://www.kingdomofnoise.blogspot.com

    They played a show in my town last month but I couldn’t get out of work. I would have LOVED to see them live.
    Right up my alley type of stuff.
    Canadians rule!