This post might be slightly ill-received by some readers, but I hope it is not because this band is amazing. In all seriousness, MATSOD is basically Lynyrd Skynyrd with a metal edge and less blues-inspired lyrics, focusing instead on either the story of the turn-of-the-century gangster Ma Barker and her sons, or else on simply being totally and completely badass. In all honestly, you will probably not find a "hardcore stoner metal fan". This blog focuses mainly on stoner metal, but most readers are open minded and fans of large genres, mainly because there's really not that much stoner metal to choose from. So it's here that I reveal that the singer, Dallas Taylor, was once the singer for Underoath. Don't lose faith and give up here. He doesn't scream so hard you want to kill yourself. He barely even screams. He just sings brutally. Which is totally fine. And come on, retro metal is mostly about the guitar, anyway. And Maylene is up-front, balls-out, blues-based METAL. It doesn't get much better, especially if you want to get totally pumped and are sick of calmly contemplating clean, wah- and phaser-enhanced stoner guitar like Upon the Dune by Lowrider. Sick song, but you get my point. We all need to rock out, and when that's the order, Maylene and the Sons of Distaster DELIVER.There are two albums so far: self-titled and "II". The first is dirtier and grittier sounding but heavy as fuck. The second is better IMO; it has slightly cleaner riffs but they're still totally sick and the solos are pretty good and not hackneyed in the least. But the songs as wholes just kick ass. Dig it.
