EXCLUSIVE: MASTERS OF REALITY TO RELEASE PINE/CROSS DOVER, THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH IN THE U.S. IN EIGHTEEN YEARS

Well here’s some good news.

You know Chris Goss whether or not you know you know Chris Goss — he’s “The Godfather of Stoner Rock,” and has produced/engineered/otherwise worked with everyone from Queens of the Stone Age to Screaming Trees to Kyuss to Stone Temple Pilots to Auf der Maur to Kik Tracee (!!!). He’s also the singer/guitarist for Masters of Reality, a band which, although they’ve been releasing albums pretty consistently since the late 80’s, have been woefully underrepresented in America since 1992, the last time one of their new albums was actually released here. (At least in a timely fashion… I think Spitfire maybe got around to finally putting some of their stuff out here, like, years after the fact.)

Which is all about to change: MetalSucks can now exclusively reveal to you that Masters of Reality will release a new album, Pine/Cross Dover, via Cool Green Recordings on September 14.

So while the album was released in Europe last year, now you’ll be able to get it without breaking any laws, or taking out another mortgage on your home so you can purchase the import. John Leamy (Surgery, Dr. Mars) plays drums on the record, which also features contributions from Queens of the Stone Age’s Brendon McNichol, Eagles of Death Metal’s Brian O’Connor and Dave Catching, and Merle Jagger’s Mark Christian. And, oh yeah, actresses Missi Pyle and Shawnee Smith (who I had the most unbelievable crush on in her Who’s Harry Crumb?/Summer School/The Blob days) are doing some backing vocals. Sweeeeet.

There’s already a video for one song, “Always,” which Leamy made, apparently using an iPhone app, “PhotoSpeak.” Do you hear that, Slayer? John Leamy made a better video than you using a goddamn iPhone app!!!

-AR