Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary Reissue)

by Josiah

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The Defenestrator Man, I am bummed I hadn’t heard of these guys years ago. Favorite track: Malpaso.

MMJBE Can you imagine, that I bought this as a vinyl record without having a record player? Silly me! But I just wanted the "sabbathian" record cover in my hands listening to the MP3. The inside cover art ist simple but just beautiful. And the music gets me nearly 50 years back as I listened to Blue Cheer, Cactus or Xior / Monument.

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited Edition 'Translucent Red' variant of the 20th anniversary deluxe 12" vinyl repressing by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Housed in a gatefold sleeve this exclusive edition includes insert with lyrics (published for the very first time) and download, only available when purchasing directly from the Bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming of Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Limited Edition 'Black' variant of the 20th anniversary deluxe 12" vinyl repressing by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Housed in a gatefold sleeve this exclusive edition includes insert with lyrics (published for the very first time) and download, only available when purchasing directly from the Bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming of Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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This limited triple black bundle gets you the Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary edition) ltd black Vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with insert. The ltd run of the Josiah black t-shirt and a digital download of this remastered release.

Includes unlimited streaming of Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Ultra Limited Sunburst Gatefold Vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Ultra Limited 'Sunburst' variant of the 20th anniversary deluxe 12" vinyl repressing by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Housed in a gatefold sleeve this exclusive edition includes insert with lyrics (published for the very first time) and download, only available when purchasing directly from the Bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming of Out Of The First Rays (20th Anniversary Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Head On 04:32	buy track
2.	Malpaso 05:52	buy track
3.	Spacequake 04:12	buy track
4.	Sweet Smoke 04:43	buy track
5.	Black Maria 10:02	buy track

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Twenty years later, here is the UK proto-metal group Josiah to keep you up all night and make your neck hurt. “Out of The First Rays” is a slammer from start to finish. Remember that feeling the first time you heard Monster Magnet open “Spine of God” with that hair-raising psychedelia guitar figure? The twisting-and-turning “Malpaso” almost bests it. Josiah’s closest comparison is Sabbath, especially thanks to Matthew Bethancourt’s vocals. However, the band is fiercely running through a treasure chest that is their own. The ten-plus minute closer “Black Maria” is a druggy, sludgy, panning from side-to-side trip that erupts like a bluesy volcano for its grand conclusion. The buzzing opener “Head On” and the crushing “Sweet Smoke” recall Seventies AOR radio when it was brave enough to play the hard stuff. “Out of the First Rays” slays.

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credits

released June 11, 2021

Mathew Bethancourt - vocals & guitar
Sie Beasley - bass & vocals
Chris Jones - drums

Recorded by Paul “The Wizard” Warrener at Seamus Wong Studios, High Street, Earth. Designed & photographed by The Speed Of Light

All compositions by M.Bethancourt. Except Malpaso - Lyrics by M.Bethancourt / Music by M.Bethancourt & S.Beasley

All music & lyrics copyright © 2001.

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Josiah UK

Josiah is the post-apocalyptic power psych trio headed up by singer/guitarist Mathew Bethancourt. Originally formed in 2000, Mathew reignited the band in 2020. The sound of Josiah is lysergic proto metal for the dystopian loner. The soundtrack to the end of days. The kozmik cries of a bacchanalian gathering in full flow. ... more

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May 4

Teatro Miela

Trieste, Italy
May 5

TPO

Bologna, Italy
May 29

Piąty Dom

Katowice, Poland
May 30

B.L.O.-Ateliers

Berlin, Germany
May 31

Huset Esbjerg

Esbjerg, Denmark
Jun 7

Les Caves du Manoir

Martigny, Switzerland
Jun 8

Gaswerk Kulturzentrum

Winterthur, Switzerland

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