Psychothermia is a unique four-piece hard rock combo from San Diego (California) going under this moniker for only a year now. Prior to 2012 the band was known as Canobliss, however some legal issues led to a name change. In other words; this is not completely new and inexperienced band, as they’ve already released three releases prior to the release of this new EP entitled Slash & Burn.

The music on Slash & Burn is impressive, powerful and catchy. It contains six mesmerizing and addictive tracks that will please any true fan of the genre. The overall sound id powerful yet clear, being the result of their collaboration with Fred Archambault, known from his work with e.g. Avenged Sevenfold.

Slash & Burn kicks off with “Anarchy” which is a quite nice intro track where clean verses connect with more powerful choruses. The vocals are mostly melodic, but also emotional and fierce. Remaining tracks are not much different, as they all have some things in common; powerful, melodic, psychedelic and catchy. Furthermore, one can hear some additional guitar solos which works fine for a band of this calibre, nurturing the good old-school rock sound. Apart from that one can also hear minor acoustic guitar parts, intense and tight drums and mature song-writing with vivid lyrics.

Usually with a name change comes a style change, but this was fortunately not the case with Psychothermia. Their sound remains the same and I see a lot of quality in their music, as they’ve sound this unique blend of power, intensity and high-energy wound. With Slash & Burn they hope to get some attention from a decent label in order to get signed.

Until then you can always visit their website at https://www.facebook.com/Psychothermia and let your musical journey begin there.


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