Salem, Massachusetts'
Doomriders are a side project for workaholic
Converge and
Old Man Gloom member
Nate Newton (guitar and vocals), in collaboration with friends Chris Pupecki (guitar), Jebb Riley (bass and vocals), and Chris Bevalaqua (drums). And, where most of their regular pursuits (bands like
There Were Wires, Blacktail, Hallraker, and
Some Kind of Hate) involve painstakingly assembled songs,
Doomriders' 2005 debut,
Black Thunder, features loose, spontaneous, though no less intense heavy rock. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia