Earthbound Smoke Ghost

Released: 2001

Synopsis

Earthbound Smoke Ghost was an NYC band featuring Pheroze on vocals and guitar.
Genre is Rock/Stoner Rock/ Doom. Key members of this band later went on to form Namanista.[singlepic=3,300,300,,right]

Members included:

    Patrick Dalton – Drums
    Jeff Scott – Bass
    Marcos Orellana – Guitar
    Pheroze Karai – Vocals and Guitar

Press Quotes:

“Usually, I associate New York with hardcore and more experimental bands, so it is cool to hear someone in the scene doing something totally different. And doing it well, I might add….Pheroze’s vocals are a unique mixture of seething anger and regret, morphing to suit the mood of each song. He is particularly impressive on the mini-epic “Outer-Self,” which also features some great Pentagram-like riffing.” – Dan Hinds, The Plague Web-Zine

“And the vocals of Middle East-born frontman Pheroze Karai? Another idiom unto itself: Usually harmonic, usually haunting, just plain odd all the while, Karai’s larynx lamentations cull from the best idiosyncrasies of Glenn Danzig and Cathedral’s Lee Dorrian alike, nodding here and there to the tough-to-tackle inflections of Chains’ Layne Staley; again, odd, and none-more-fitting for a record equally not-of-this-earth.” Nathan T Birk, Ink 19

“Vocalist Pheroze, known for his work with fellow NYC ditch-diggers Skrape, brings a level of out front audibility seldom heard in typical Stoner Rock / Doom circles, often moving from a night piercing shriek to Hetfield-like groans-so we’ll forsake the whisper to a scream ideology so prevalent in so-called “Nu-Metal” but worth pointing out here, sometimes you’re not sure if you’re listening to the earth cave in or the bounty hunter high on his horse proclaiming victory with a monumental moan of gratification. Set mainly to mid-tempo meter, often low pitch-bordering on barely above ground, picture the likes of Clutch meets Alice in Chains, Danzig meets the swamp Devil. and can you imagine?” Vinnie Apicella, BallBusterHard

“Earthbound Smoke Ghost has just dropped this five song ep on the unsuspecting and is about to make quite a splash in the metal and hard rock world. I know lead singer Pheroze will probably hate this comparison but he totally reminds me of Glenn Danzig.” Dennis Scanland, Music Emissions”Even people who wouldn’t necessarily say they were fans of the doom or stoner styles would appreciate Earthbound Smoke Ghost’s “Karma’s Grave.” Fans of Spirit Caravan, Cathedral, and early Anathema will enjoy Earthbound Smoke Ghost.” – Christopher J. Keller, RoughEdge

Track Listing

1 Asphalt Green
2 Buried
3 Outer Self
4 Until
5 Black Saturn