★★★★★
Earthless are the missing link between Sleep and Phish, between the Allman Brothers and Black Sabbath. And P-Funk. They're the jam band metal heads are allowed to like, and vice versa.
On their third studio full-length, the San Diego psych/stoner band ditch the side-long suites of 2005's Sonic Prayer and 2007's Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky for four tracks ranging between five and a half minutes (Equus October) and the half-hour title track...
- www.nowtoronto.com
2013-11-21
★★★★★
From the Ages is the first studio recording from instrumental power trio Earthless since 2007's Rhythms From a Cosmic Sky. Though the silence may have been deafening for their small but devoted cadre of fans, the wait was worth every moment. From the Ages finds Earthless at their most concentrated, and that distillation of psychedelic rock, stoner metal, and electric blues is a heady brew in the hands of Messrs. Rubalcaba, Eginton and Mitchell...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-11-15
★★★★★
Earthless don't leave room for misinterpretation or error concerning their mission: They are a long-winded guitar trio, hell-bent on riding six electric strings directly out of this atmosphere. No sooner than the drums unload their initial heavy hit on the band's first album in six years--the ridiculous ripper From the Ages--Isaiah Mitchell takes his first solo, his squealing lead slashing cleanly through a vacant gaze of cymbal wash...
- pitchfork.com
2013-10-22
★★★★★
Tweet Cosmic Brutality If one were to put psychedelic cosmic sounds, heavy metal and well-written solos in a blender, what he would end up with is Earthless' new LP, From The Ages. With just a handful of releases, the band has gained thousands of likes on Facebook, and with good reason. With their distinct sound, the band offers its fans something different than what other artists are putting out. But apart from that, Earthless demonstrate extraordinary talent and mastery of their instruments...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-10-12
★★★★★
After almost half-a-decade, psychedelic rock trio Earthless have returned with their third release, . A double-LP lasting over an hour, will certainly provide enough material for fans to immerse themselves in. Opening track "Violence of the Red Sea" is a monstrous 14-minute offering that stands almost as a cosmic Colossus of Rhodes, guarding the entrance to Earthless's sonic dimension...
- exclaim.ca
2013-10-08
★★★★★
I can't really say what I was expecting when I first put on the 'Live At Roadburn' album from San Diego's own Earthless. I hadn't even begun to read the blurb that came with the Cd and so when Isaiah Mitchell's acid guitar began to wail and the thrumm of Miles Eginton's bass started to batter my abdomen and the staccato, possibly insane, and definitely heavy as all fuck of Mario Rubalcaba's drumming started to thrash my head around I was a little disconcerted...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Throw together equal parts incredible drumwork (Mario Rubalcaba aka Ruby Mars of Rocket From the Crypt, Hot Snakes, etc.), blistering guitar riffs (Isaiah Mitchell of Nebula) and gut rumbling bass (Mike Eginton of Electric Nazarene) and what you get is the tasty Rhythms From a Cosmic Sky from San Diego rockers Earthless. All consummate musicians in their own right, these riff spewing madmen came together under the idea of 'Let's specifically start a Japanese-psychedelic-heavy-Kraut-rock-band...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Earthless' Rhythms From a Cosmic Sky is a heavy psych/space-rock record, with the emphasis more on "psych". Just think of Black Sabbath with the sensibilities of bands such as Hawkwind or even early Pink Floyd, and you get a basic picture of their sound.. The album is made up of two 20+ minute instrumental epics ("Godspeed" and "Sonic Prayer") and a short poppy vocal song "Cherry Red", a cover of a song by a band called The Groundhogs...
- www.geocities.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Though the shift occurred slowly and subtly, it's now complete and undeniable: there's more rock 'n' roll in car commercials than on the radio. When the latest rugged status symbol summits on a rocky ridge, the Sonics or the Who are likely spurring them on. There's that scene in Rushmore where Miss Croft asks Max in Latin, "Is nothing sacred?" And Max responds, "Glory fades." So it goes with garage rock...
- www.stylusmagazine.com
2009-06-08