HOWLING GIANT

The Space Between Worlds BLUES FUNERAL

Prog-stoner space cadets head out to the Inner Space Centauri

Carl Sagan may have shown us just how big the outer cosmos really is, but Nashville’s Howling Giant illustrate that the inner space within our own minds is just as vast. A concept album that sends your brain packing to go hitchhiking through the galaxy, The Space Between Worlds

has a well-understood grasp of old-school sci-fi pulp and top-quality stoner metal, which will have you laying down in the dark staring into the void quite contently. Demonstrating Mastodon levels of versatility, from the sweeping acoustic serenade of Ghosts In The

Well to the superbly named toe-tapper Cybermancer And The Doomsday Express’s

faster-paced pop-infused rock-out, reveals that quality prog can be digested by a wider audience, not just catered for the elite. With some serious re-playability, this gem has something special going for it that we can all get behind. ■■■■■■■■■■

FOR FANS OF: Baroness, Mastodon, Hawkwind

HYWEL DAVIES