NEW TRACKS DEBUT TODAY!

Thanks to The Obelisk for premiering our new material! Here's what they had to say:

"Oakland traditionalists Owl (also stylized Ovvl) will release their third album sometime later this year, following for years after their sophomore outing, Screech. To lead into the new offering, the three Baechle brothers — Axell and K. on guitar/vocals, Clint on drums — and newcomer bassist Magic Spiegel send forth a new two-songer cassette single titled Awaken Jupiterian in reference to the tracks contained: “Awaken the Mountain” and “Jupiterean Ocean.” It’s only 11 minutes long, but with it, the band ask the pivotal question of what might have happened had heavy metal in the ’80s not become so commercialized, so overblown in its production, and had it been able to move forward from its roots in the decade prior and develop its sound without becoming so grandiose."
-The Obelsik (Read the full review here)
 

"REVIEW" BY MY FAVORITE ROCK GROUP KISS

“An epic battle between angels and devils in which everyone gives up on fighting and decides to take some acid and go rafting.”

SERIOUSLY READ THE WHOLE THING IT'S AWESOME!

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OVVL ON ILITERATI PODCAST

When we were in tour in September, we ended up in a sleazy bar called Lost Lake on East Colfax in Denver, CO. Before we left,  K. and Clint did an interview for the Iliterati Podcast! Check it out here:

ILITERATI PODCAST #95

SHOW REVIEW IN METAL ASSAULT

"...Ovvl’s set really was something else; the well thought out and lyrical jams brought to mind The Allman Brothers Band but with a punk and stoner metal attitude and energy." - Avinash Mittur

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INTERVIEW IN SF BAY GUARDIAN

"If you've been to a local metal show in recent months, chances are Ovvl was on the bill. If not, there was probably an Ovvl member standing next to you in the crowd."


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"A FORERUNNER OF THIS CURRENT OAKLAND SCENE"

-Maximum Rock 'N' Roll

ALBUM REVIEW

"I use the phrase "rock n' roll" fairly frequently, describing everything from grimy crust-punk to swaggering, blaring death metal. This time, however, the band in question call up what is perhaps the most true instance of me describing something as "rock n' roll" in many many reviews. The album I'm looking at is the self titled full-length of San Fransisco Sabbath-enthusiasts Owl, released late last year, and filled to the brim with rocking goodness."

ALBUM REVIEW

"The Owl reveal a tremendous ability to write the big riff, which seems to pour out of them like spotlight and beer induced sweat, paying homage to hard rock of all eras, especially the 70s without suppressing their own individual personality as a band.  The best way I can describe their sound more specifically than hard rock is to call it prog punk and if you think that's an oxy moron and the combination wouldn't work then this band will make a fool of you."

FULL REVIEW HERE

OWL ON SATANIC DOOMADELICA COMP

So, if you buy this new issue of Metal Hammer UK, it comes with a free comp CD called "Satanic Doomadelica!" Which contains the Owl track "Demon Ride!"

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EP REVIEW ON "7 INCHES"

"They've got this epic nerd sound nailed. Still being tough with that precise super effect sound, but there's nothing like having dueling metal Jay Mascis' going. Punch in the last part, boom boom then solo the hell out for 15 seconds and done! It's like the Fucking Chanmps with classic southern rock roots."

"...so clean and layered like this sounding like laserbeams, headbands and moustache's."

Full Review HERE.

EP REVIEW ON BATTLEHELM

"...music that pays homage to a time fled when bell bottoms were a thing to wear..."

FULL REVIEW HERE

OWL REVIEWED BY SLEEPING SHAMAN!

"The brace of tracks contained herein have a definite rough-arsed NWOBHM thing going on, teamed with a scrappy punk attitude and a low-tech proggy expansiveness"

FULL REVIEW HERE

REVIEW ON REVOLT OF THE APES

"The monolithic, metallic meditations of these mofo’s music worms its way up from the Glaurungian-graveyard of smashed vacuum-tubes, rising too high in the sky to offer bended-knee to the fierce riff-rituals of their forefathers and mothers, soaring with a sound sacred and profane at once."

FULL REVIEW HERE

REVIEW ON HEAVY METAL SPOTLIGHT

"The band manage to sound very organic, with a sound which could quite credibly be a long-lost recording from back in the day, with production values and a musical style which really captures the spirit of those times."

Full Review

HERE

TAPE REVIEW ON NO BEAST SO FIERCE

"OWL is Heavy Metal. OWL is 1970's. OWL is a lid of dirt weed."

FULL REVIEW HERE

REVIEW ON WELCOME TO THE VOID

HERE.

FIRST REVIEW OF EP!

"...an untamed mix of early Iron Maiden and Pentagram, the NWOBHM riff attack wrestling with the back end doom vibe for dungeon supremacy."

Full Review 

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