MASTERS OF REALITY: Self Titled Album and How High the Moon 2-on-1 Reissue Coming

Delicious Vinyl is proud to announce the reissue of two seminal albums from MASTERS OF REALITY together in one deluxe package on December 11th, 2012.  Originally released in 1989 on Rick Rubin‘s Def American label, the self-titled album is being re-released together with the 1997 live album How High The Moon: Live At The Viper Room in 2CD Digipak and Double LP formats.

Fans of KYUSS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE should recognize the name Chris Goss. As godfather of the California desert rock scene that blossomed in Joshua Tree, Goss produced three thundering KYUSS LPs as well as QOTSA’s breakthrough album Rated R and their Grammy-nominated Era Vulgaris. The Masters’ legend has grown stronger ever since.

Completists and come-latelys may want to know this reissue maintains the self-titled album’s track sequencing from the Delicious Vinyl version, which includes the song “Doraldina’s Prophecies” (produced by Chris Goss, Matt Dike & Mike Ross) not found on the Rick Rubin-produced Def American release. The original Def American cover art has been restored. Longtime friend of the band and current MASTERS OF REALITY drummer John Leamy‘s painting “The Blue Garden” is seen in its full glory on the 8-panel digipak (as well as the bonus poster). The song “Magical Spell” is returned here to its majestic five minute lascivious trawl, missing verse, guitar solo and all.  As for the second disc, How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room has been out of print for years, and never been available on vinyl.  Its standouts include “Jindalee Jindalie” (featuring special guest Scott Weiland) and a romp through “John Brown” that betters the already awesome studio version.

Nick Oliveri to Release Solo Album, Death Acoustic, in October

Nick Oliveri, the musician best known for his former role as the bassist in QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and KYUSS, is set to release his first solo album under his own name. The album titled, Death Acoustic, was recorded over the last 12 months in his home studio, and is scheduled for an October 6th release through Impedance and MVD Audio. The also frontman of MONDO GENERATOR and part-time member of THE DWARVES, Oliveri has songwriting and musicianship through intimate, solo acoustic shows. Death Acoustic captures that side of the rocker.

Here is the full album track listing:
1. “Start a Fight
2. “Like the Sky
3. “Dairy Queen
4. “Gonna Leave You
5. “Love Has Passed Me By
6. “U Blow
7. “Hybrid Moments
8. “Unless I Can Kill
9. “Follow Me
10. “Outlaw Scumfuc

APESHIT’s Top Metal Albums of 2007


dr.park’s top 10

1. MANES How the World Came to an End


2. ULVER Shadows of the Sun




4. MAYHEM Ordo Ad Chao


5. SHINING V: Halmstad


6. DIR EN GREYThe Marrow of a Bone


7. WATAIN Sworn to the Dark


8. PRIMORDIAL To the Nameless Dead


9. MELECHESH Emissaries




shady rajah’s top 10

1. WATAIN Sworn to the Dark


2. DOWNIII: Over the Under

DOWN‘s third album couldn’t have had a more fitting title, as the band overcame a mountain of adversity. Over the Under successfully captures all the pain, sweat and struggle with all the heat and density of an Louisiana swamp, resulting in 2007’s most heartfelt, honest and real album. [Read our full review]

3. EXODUSThe Atrocity Exhibition Exhibit A


4. SHININGV: Halmstad


5. MIDDIANAge Eternal


6. DIMMU BORGIRIn Sorte Diaboli


7. ABORTEDSlaughter and Apparatus: A Methodical Overture


8. MACHINE HEADThe Blackening


9. IMMOLATIONShadows in the Light


10. SOILWORKSworn to a Great Divide


roycifer’s top 10

1. HIM Venus Doom


2. MAYHEM Ordo Ad Chao




4. SCARVE The Undercurrent


5. CHIMAIRA Resurrection


6. SHINING V: Halmstad


7. MANES How the World Came to an End


8. AMORPHIS Silent Waters


9. MARDUK Rom 5:12


10. ION DISSONANCEMinus the Herd











7/17 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Ampitheatre*
7/18 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord**
7/19 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Ampitheatre*
7/20 Los Angeles, CA Viper Room**
7/21 Devore, CA Hyundai Pavilion*
7/22 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick**
7/24 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion*
7/26 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion*
7/27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge**
7/28 Denver, CO Coors Ampitheatre*
7/29 Salina, KS The Blue Goat**
7/30 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Ampitheater*
8/01 Houston, TX Meridian**
8/02 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center*
8/04 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre*
8/06 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Ampitheater*
8/07 Cleveland, OH Peabodys**
8/08 Columbus, OH Germain Ampitheatre*
8/10 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre*
8/11 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection**
8/12 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre*
8/13 Reedsburg, WI Badger Music Theatre**
8/14 Indianapolis, IA Verizon Wireless Music Theatre*
8/16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center*
8/18 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Theatre*
8/20 Boston, MA Tweeter Center*
8/22 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center*
8/24 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion*
8/25 Warren, MI The Ritz**
8/26 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre*
8/28 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre*
8/30 Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre*

* Ozzfest 2007


So what does one of the biggest rock bands on earth have to offer with their new album, Era Vulgaris? Answer: Quite a solid album. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have always existed on their own planet in terms of sound and style and Era Vulgaris does not deviate from this course. The loose jam-session of opening track, “Turning the Screw,” brings to mind a ZEPPELIN jam. The album’s first single, “Sick, sick, sick,” turns up things up with infectious guitar riffs and a stomping beat. “I’m Designer” provides Josh Homme‘s social commentary on the ills of his generation and features his ice cool vocals on a damn fine chorus. The song leaves the listener longing for more of the infectious chorus as it seems devilishly too short. “Into the Hollow” features some fantastic sweet, subtle guitar melodics and more of Josh Homme‘s sweet vocal lines. Other highlights include “3’s and 7’s,” the ending to “Suture Your Future,” and “River in the Road.” The rest of the album includes a healthy diversity of songs ranging from the rockin’ to the subdued. As things progress, things become less “radio friendly” and more musically stimulating. Era Vulgaris also sees mainman Josh Homme displaying some new vocal style/ranges, particular a higher range. There are a lot of cool subtleties throughout the album that only become apparent after subsequent listens. This only adds to the quality of the album after initial spins. All in all, Era Vulgaris is a quality work that is indicative of the healthy state of the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE; other mainstreamers be damned. (Interscope Records)