BEST PSYCH/STONER METAL JAM EVER OF THE DAY: VALKYRIE’S MAN OF TWO VISIONS

There’s only so much wanky prog shit a man can take; sometimes he just needs to turn his brain off, smoke a doob, and bang his head. Even me.

Thankfully there are plenty of bands for that too, not the least of which are the bands that comprise the burgeoning retro psych/stoner metal scene (see: Tee Pee Records). While Virginia’s Valkyrie aren’t on the aforementioned stoner label mecca, with their psych rock base and Thin Lizzy / Iron Maiden-inspired leads and grooves they’d fit right in. You might recognize guitarist Pete Adams from his support role in Baroness, but here we see him take the helm with his brother Jake; the ease with which both guitarists’ weave in and out of each others’ lines is the kind of chemistry only a duo that came from the same uterus can harness.

So smoke ’em if you got ’em, and kick back to the laid-back, classic metal of Valkyrie on their MySpace page. Their new album Man of Two Visions is out now via MeteorCity Records.

-VN