We have had the pleasure of GREENHORN performing at a past WPC event and seeing them live is always great fun. So upon hearing that they had their debut coming out on BLACK BOW RECORDS was a pleasant surprise as I know of the bands love for all things CONAN and for something like this to come their way must really be a dream come true!

The love for this band has really come to an extreme having recorded at Skyhammer studios (Jon from CONAN‘s studio), having Chris Fielding produce it (Now CONAN‘s Bassist) and even having Jon himself lend vocal duties to one of the songs ‘Kentucky Boone’, I think I can be easily forgiven for mentioning that this record does very much sound like CONAN in that it is VERY much an Amp worship, low tone, AND crushing collection of tunes!

There are some great ideas working throughout and Chris’s production duties have made this record really shine but for me its the songs that are faster paced and less like their greatest influences sound that take my interest.

Old track ‘Witchs Bridle’ (which I once performed backing vocals on live) sounds great and it has surfaced under a couple of different releases but this one be by far the greatest… in addition to this the fast paced rager of a song ‘Long Drop’ is an absolute belter too, with these 2 tracks having a stripped down almosts Nu-metal vibe to it, its this that makes it stand out for me. so more of this please and I reckon Greenhorn shall grow to be a real pleasing addition to our very healthy sludge scene.

Get a copy of this soon when it goes up for sale on BLACK BOW RECORDS and make sure you crank that volume dial all the way up to experience the true power of a very pleasing Debut!

Catch them on tour this summer with our boys in DIESEL KING and new boys THUUM.