Howlin Rain-Magnificent Fiend (2008)

Another of the new roots rock bands is the American group Howlin Rain, a band from San Francisco, California, that keeps the flame of 70s rock alive. Formed in 2004 by Ethan Miller, their lineup has undergone countless changes, a constant throughout the group's career. Their first album, released in 2006, is a kind of revival of sounds that draw from the psychedelia of the Grateful Dead, the dusty rock of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the instrumental developments of The Allman Brothers Band. Two years later they returned with "Magnificent Fiend", a harder-edged work, incorporating more hard rock guitars and a greater prominence of the Hammond organ. In this second effort, Howlin Rain give us everything from strange interludes, a prelude to the cathartic and psychedelic "Dancers At The End Of Time", to moving and melodic cuts (at least in comparison with their intense improvisations), "Nomads" and "El Rey", passing through electric folk canvases "Riverboat", southern rock "Calling Lightning Pt.2" or hypnotism in abundance with "Lord Have Mercy".