With more “oomph” driving the power behind the band than in any previous outing, tastier riffs, and more viscidity throughout the record, it captured a band at the top of their game road hardened and ready to get stuck in. Always taking their wares on the road, operation Desert Storm has been in full effect on tours with the likes of Karma to Burn and Nashville Pussy, as well as when sharing the stage with bands such as Orange Goblin, Weedeater, and The Atomic Bitchwax.īy the time of 2018’s Sentinels, Desert Storm had found a refined sound. Perhaps that evolution in sound on the record is through their consistency in touring. It’s an upward trend that carried through their two follow-ups Horizontal Life and Omniscient respectively.
It’s a formula that makes for a reliably arse-kicking band.Īfter testing the waters with their 2008 self-titled EP, Desert Storm truly came into their own in time for their debut full-length, Forked Tongues in 2010 a radically tighter band on said record and finally beginning to capture the force of their live shows. Launched into the world in 2007, Desert Storm’s mix of progressive metal and stoner doom was underpinned with a driving, pure rock ‘n’ roll strut. Desert Storm built the Oxford scene themselves. In some towns, you have a music scene to work with and in others, you have to make the scene around you. The artwork is by David Paul Seymour & layout is by Dominic Sohor. Once the album was recorded and mixed, it was sent to Portland, Oregon, USA for Brad Boatright at Audiosiege to master (Torche, Nails, High on Fire). The studio used to be owned by legendary folk band Fairport Convention, and in recent years has seen the likes of Tony Iommi & Rob Halford recording there.
The album was recorded & mixed at the beautiful Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire by Steve ‘Geezer’ Watkins. Their sound is loud, punishing, and unforgiving, but also woven with elation and electrical ecstasy. Hailing from Oxford, the city of screaming spires, Desert Storm deliver its own unique brand of heavy music.
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