Dog Faced Gods - 'Stoned Council'
                                                                                                    Released through Voodoo Records in 2005
THE BAND:
Raymond Galvin Whiteowl - vocals
David 'Snakeyez' Torres - lead guitar
Fernando Gonzales - bass
Leonard Colvin II - drums
Paul Garcia - drums


TRACK FRAGMENTS::
1.) "Desperately" - This track opens with a small drum fill before going into the main musical intro.  The electric guitar arrangement of the intro section was played by strumming the strings.  Very similar to what you would do if it had have been an acoustic guitar.  This is something you do not see very often in this style of music.  underneath the musical arrangement of the verse is a small keyboard arrangement that really fills in a lot of the emptiness left by the guitar. Vocally Raymond vocal sound as a very seventies rock feel to it.  Underneath the chorus there is a small lead guitar scale.  The vocal lines of the chorus arrangement are laced with sweet vocal hooks.  After the second chorus is where the band placed the guitar solo.
2.) "Good Life" -This track opens with a very cool bass line.  The song takes a very modern rock feel when the main musical intro kicks in.  The vocal lines of the verse have a very Zakk Wylde feel a lot like the stuff Zakk done with Pride & Glory.  The band bled the verse arrangement and the chorus arrangement into one.  The drum arrangement changes for the chorus and this is what distinguishes the two musical patterns.  For me the guitar solo on this song was overshadowed by the bass line on this song.  To make the guitar solo a little more dramatic they should have changed the bass line for the solo section.
3.) "Brings Me Down" - This modern metal ballad opens with bass and drums.  After the first pre-verse there is a small spoken vocal section.  This is where the band really kick the song in with a huge metal arrangement.  At times Raymond's vocal accents have a Greg Allman feel to them.  At times the song has as a very abstract metal feel to it so it only suits that the band arrange the guitar solo to where it has that same abstract feel. 
4.) "Earth Is Hell" -The intro to this song opens with a very heavily distorted guitar arrangement.  The arrangement of the vocal lines of the verse are arranged in a very similar fashion to the way Kid Rock arranges his rap/metal songs.  In between the pre-verse and verse is a small lead guitar scale that connects the two.  Doing this really adds a lot to the song arrangement and feel.  Also on this small lead scale it must be noted that out of just about all the younger bands I've heard the last few years this lead scale is one of a handful that was very influenced from eighties lead guitarists.  The song has no actual guitar solo.
5.) "Run, Run" -This track opens with WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan. The main musical intro section consists of a very simple intense guitar arrangement.  The band chose to add a vocal effect to Raymond's vocal lines.  The main guitar riffs of this song are arranged and performed in such away that it makes this song a great song to perform live.  The 'run, run' backing vocal really added to this.  During I think the third verse the main instrument of the song becomes the bass.  Which was a strange arrangement but at the same time had a very cool effect to the song. 
6.) "Intro -Intro to track seven "Water Pipe"
7.) "Water  Pipe" -The vocal and bass line arrangement of this track gives the song a very Primus feel.  If one did not know any better they would swear Less Claypool helped the band write this song.  After the second chorus of the song the band change the musical arrangement of the song to a more standard metal feel.  The bass line during this arrangement change is just pure intense.  
8.) " But Me" -The opening and closing of the hi-hat on this intro section really accented the lead guitar scale of the intro on this track.  The vocal line and musical arrangement of the verse have a very modern metal feel.  /underneath the vocal lines of the verse is a very strange musical effect.  It's really hard to tell what the band used to capture this effect.  The chorus has a very laid back feel with a modern rock feel.  After the first chorus there is a small lead guitar rhythm.  The backing vocals on this track makes the song a great song that would sound good live. 
9.) "Time Is Standing Still" - The intro to this track has a very System Of A Down feel to the lead guitar rhythm.  After the ballad style intro section the band really kick the song in for the verse section.  Though the song keeps it's ballad feel to it, it is a lot more intense than the way most ballads are arranged.  the main guitar riffs of the verse where arranged in a very simple fashion just using two or three chords.  You find yourself being very mesmerized by the vocal line arrangement of the chorus section.  Underneath the vocal line of the choruses there is a very simple lead guitar scale. 
10.) "Save Me" - The intro to this track opens with a lead guitar rhythm.  The band breaks the verse arrangement down to a very laid back feel.  In the fashion Raymond sings the vocal lines really help this sound.  Through out the track there are these little underlined almost whispered vocal effects.  The main guitar riffs of this song are just dripping with power!!!  There is no guitar solo for the song but with that being said I must also state the fact that because the rhythm guitar riffs have such a heavy feel that the song really does not need a guitar solo.  
11.) "Will I Ever Fit In" - The intro to this track has a mean rhythm guitar riff to it.  the band really pull back for the verse letting the vocals, bass, and drums take the lead.  The vocal lines of the verses have a small echo attached to them.  I loved the hook of the chorus arrangement!!!  This song has a very simple feel to it, with a really huge sound.
12.) "Stand Alone" - This ballad opens with a very simple musical arrangement.  The vocal lines of the verse have a very small hook attached to them.  The verses have a very laid back feel.  The band breaks the song down to a more ballad style for the chorus arrangement.  The guitar solo suited this song perfectly.  This is just a very simply but cool song.
13.) "Simple Man" - Cover of the Lynard Skynard classic.
14.) "No One Left" -This track opens with an acoustic guitar arrangement.  There is a small flute type musical arrangement that fills in a lot of the emptiness of the acoustic.  Arrangement wise this is really the only song on the release that you could consider being called a ballad.   
15.) "Stand Alone" (rap version)


    This enhanced CD not only consists of the fifteen musical tracks but also contains a 20 minute movie by the band.  Musically nothing should surprise me anymore, but I was really taken aback by this release.  I completely was not expecting to hear what I heard.  Just on looks alone I expected more of a heavy modern metal sound.  Which in several ways most of the guitar riffs are of this vein.  But Raymond's vocal lines give the songs a very melodic feel.  Not being a huge Lynard Skynard fan to begin with I felt the cover version of "Simple Man" the band done blew the original version away.  I would smoke my peace pipe with these guys any day!!!!