Mean Bone by Buzzard
#30 April 2025 Doom Charts!
"I unequivocally love this album. Despite the woe and dread, it is endlessly listenable. It is emotive and morose. It scratches an itch that almost nothing else can. It is one of my favorite albums of 2025." - Sleeping Village Reviews
“Elliott tells these tales with alarming skill, weaving timeless tales of death and despair with a charmingly barebones approach to doom metal.... Elliott has created something magical with Mean Bone… It just might change your life.” - Noob Heavy
“There isn’t a single moment that doesn’t drag you in and keep you enthralled.” (5/5 stars) - Black Metal Archives
“Revolutionary and forward thinking… loner attitude rebelling against the system… mind-blowing stuff and deserves to be heard by the biggest audience possible” - Outlaws of the Sun
“It’s powerful, it’s swampy, it’s dirgy and it’s cool as fuck. Choices made are the right choices. It’s never dull and it’s fun as hell.” - Untidy Music
“Heavy Resistance in its most pure and essential form… kickass but culturally relevant.” - Clean and Sober Stoner/Monster Riff (#6 Best of April)
“This is just what the world needs, and fast. For fans of Pentagram, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Ozzy Osbourne, and anything in between!” - Metal Institute of Thrashology
“Mean Bone skillfully reinterprets this formula [of Doom Folk] and claims new stylistic ground… showing that the impressive 2024 outset was no fluke.” - The Obelisk
“Highest recommendation… clearly a product of the current zeitgeist. It is pleading, mocking and angry at the same time, feeling important and like a statement of intent.. - florgoth #featurefriday
“… dark but undeniably catchy creations that pull you ever deeper into the unique realm that Buzzard holds dominion over... the newest band with a sound that we never knew we needed.” - Headbanger Reviews
Tracklist
| 1. | Darkness Wins | 3:36 |
| 2. | Crushing Burden of Despair | 3:03 |
| 3. | Murder in the White Barn | 4:57 |
| 4. | Primitive | 3:55 |
| 5. | Changeling | 4:52 |
| 6. | Ghost of Orphan James | 4:26 |
| 7. | Twisted Love | 3:25 |
| 8. | Gadarene Swine | 5:11 |
| 9. | Dunwich Farm | 3:34 |
| 10. | Flies, Mosquitoes, Rats, and Sparrows | 5:33 |
| 11. | Conclusions | 3:57 |
| 12. | Plight of the Planet | 4:11 |
| 13. | Ancient Ruins of the 21st Century | 4:17 |
Credits
Written, performed, and produced by Christopher Thomas Elliott
