Doom Side Of The Moon is the brainchild of Kyle Shutt, guitarist for The Sword and as you might have figured out from the name, it’s a stoner/doom metal tribute to Dark Side Of The Moon, the Pink Floyd album that launched a thousand laser light shows.
The project features Shutt’s bandmates from The Sword, as well as vocalist Alex Marrero (Brownout / Brown Sabbath), saxophonist Jason Frey (Black Joe Lewis / Hard Proof), and keyboardist Joe Cornetti (Croy & The Boys).
According to Shutt, “The idea came to me after getting baked and wanting to hear a heavy version of “Time” and yeah, that does pretty much sound like the kind of idea one might come up with while under the influence. I’m not sure that the world really needed to hear what Dark Side would have sounded like if it was recorded by Black Sabbath, but their version of “Time” is suitably heavy and epic sounding and I’d imagine all involved probably had a lot of fun making this.
Doom Side Of The Moon is out December 8 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group.