Spiritual Beggards is a hard rock band whose sound harkens back to the stoner proto-metal outfits of the seventies. Think Captain Beyond meets Leaf Hound. Heavy riffs, cool Hammond sounds, pummelling rhythm section and killer vocals all wrapped up in a drug-fuelled atmosphere. This is one of guitarist Michael Ammott's many projects and definitely our favorite one. Ex-Firewind singer Apollo Papathanasio is their current vocalist and while his approach is little more metal, he fits perfectly in the retro, lysergic music created by his bandmates.
They are touring behind yet another killer album called Earth Blues and they played 5 songs from that record. But they didn't neglect their back catalogue with 5 songs from the previous effort and 3 from our personal favourite Ad-Astra, including their two best rockers, Wonderful World and Left Brain Ambassadors.
I know Ammott's Death Metal band Arch Enemy is the real bread winner in all of his projects and keeps him real busy, but here's hoping it won't be too long until the next Spiritual Beggars album and tour.
