Somewhere in between the sonic boom of Soundgarden and the Southern drawl of The Black Crowes lie the Bay Area quartet Manmade God. On the outfit’s inaugural offering, there's a slew of walloping rhythms and 70's rock goodness abounds. Containing 11-tracks of soulful and thought-provoking rock that merits the comparisons to bands like Zeppelin and Sabbath, Manmade God has brought forth a rock record that has minimal excess and rock 'n' roll cliché but is chock full of the earth-moving grooves which many bands fail to achieve. Not exactly unique, but in the landscape in which the band habitats, Manmade God is by far one of the more interesting and visceral troupes on the circuit.