heavy-metal-darkness: Buzzard | Everything Is Not Going To Be Alright

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Buzzard | Everything Is Not Going To Be Alright | Self-release

Release Date: November 7th, 2025

Format: Digital

Genre: Doom Metal, Folk Rock, Americana, Stoner

Country: United States

Christopher Thomas Elliott has lived many musical lives before shaping Buzzard. After decades in New England folk circles and a long run with the duo Austin & Elliott, he shifted toward a darker frontier. His earlier work earned praise for its twisted storytelling and irreverent slant on folk traditions, and that background feeds directly into the crooked Americana horror he now builds under the Buzzard name. The new EP “Everything Is Not Going To Be Alright” arrives with the same bitter humor and social bite that has become his signature.

The EP moves through modern American decay with a voice that mixes worn down outrage and gallows comedy. Elliott pulls from doom metal’s heaviness and folk’s narrative habits, then packs them together with fuzzed guitars and rough edged acoustic work. The sound comes across like a lone storyteller who wired old protest songs into a busted amplifier. At its best, this approach gives the tracks a direct punch, especially in “This Land Is Your Land (Until It’s Not)” and “Doom Folk Fury,” where the grit and sarcasm hit hardest.

Across the seven songs, Elliott keeps the imagery vivid. Corrupt leaders, collapsing towns, cosmic shadows and ordinary frustration pass through his lyrics without dressing them up. His delivery stays raw and unfiltered. The production is modest, shaped by a basement setup, and it suits the material. The songs grow from the same soil, and the EP works as a quick tour through Elliott’s current worldview, full of cynicism, dry humor and that strange mix of doom heaviness with folk storytelling.

“Everything Is Not Going To Be Alright” does not push for grand statements. It sits closer to a personal dispatch from someone staring at the mess around him and answering with riffs, grit and sarcasm. The project’s identity is clear and the themes are consistent. For listeners drawn to doom metal with storytelling roots, the EP offers a sharp perspective wrapped in distorted Americana gloom. Someone looking for deeper refinement might want more development, although the rough edges seem intentional. Buzzard continues carving out his own rusted corner of folk doom, and this release keeps that path steady.

Score: 6.5