Saying "thick, heavy bass" is a bit of a review cliche, but one listen to Scorpion Child's Acid Roulette and it's thunderously clear that most of the album's tunes are super-charged by Alec Caballero Padron's bass grooves.
The first-wave metal well is getting increasingly difficult to drain while still being unique, and no one is calling Scorpion Child ground-breaking. But, outside of the puzzlingly timid and grating Survives, this is exactly the kind of album stoner-rockers are looking for in 2016: ballsy, fun and a little bit evil. Crack a craft beer and get your ears around it.
