02082014 - Zior "Zior"

It's been a while since I did one of these. Some might even have thought that I got tired of finding obscure psych/prog/hard rock/blues/proto metal bands, but fear not! Zior apparently had a serious fascination with the occult, but this 1972 record is no satanic feast in the Coven vein. Instead the music lies safely somewhere between Cream, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, to name a few, with plenty of classic Brit-R'n'B making up the foundation. A true classic from the greatest undiscovered band in the history of recorded music this is not, but it's definitely pleasant enough, and worth a spin or two, if not ten.