VALLEY OF THE SOULS by A BORROWING KID GENERATION

This review is very special for me. Way back when I was putting together my first Bandcamp compilation, one of the very first artists to accept my invitation was A Borrowing Kid Generation. (He was also one of my first album reviews.) So I am really excited to be doing a review for his latest album, VALLEY OF THE SOULS. ABKG is one man from Greece with a serious talent for instrumental stoner metal. 8 tracks and over half an hour with songs that drift effortlessly between very hard stoner riffs to more melodic sounds. I know many fans worry that the lack of vocals means there is something missing from the music, but there is so much going on with these songs there is no space for vocals to get into the mix. The lead guitar sounds like the vocals when I listen to music like this, except that I get to fill in the lyrics myself depending on my mood and what the music reaches inside me.


A Borrowing Kid Generation is a one-man project by Nikos Raptis of Greece. Read more about Nikos and his music on my earlier review at one of my first album reviews.

Special note about that badass album cover: it's badass! Check out more art by Zulfajrimb.


If you dig instrumental stoner metal, there is more to be enjoyed on LOUD & LONELY VOL. 1.