Burning Realm Burning Realm cassette
Punks, from the wider Dublin scene in this case, playing what could reasonably be called stoner rock, but keeping enough of their god-given punkness in the mix to maintain the flow of blood. BURNING REALM is a three-piece with two guitarists and no bass player, which doesn’t necessarily translate to there being no bottom end on this four-song debut tape—“From Beyond,” for example, has some heft to its psych/alt/doom chug, and comes off like a cross between TORCHE, JANE’S ADDICTION, and RUDIMENTARY PENI circa Archaic. That hybrid is likely not for everyone reading, but they make it work whatever you think. “Warped One (Arise)” is the EP’s speediest number from its sweet, THIN LIZZY-doused axe intro onwards.