"some music was meant to stay underground..."  Admiral Browning
- "Magic Elixir" (CD)  Admiral Browning - "Magic Elixir" CD
cover image  "Magic Elixir" track listing:  1. Vortexer 2. Ol'
Martini Man 3. No Good Stones 4. Speaking in Tones 5. (untitled)
Reviewed by on September 3, 2009  "They have a cool aesthetic
about them, but lack the meat to be something that stands out
for good reasons."  Middletown, Maryland’s Admiral Browning pack
more into their artwork for this release than they pack into the
music. Fans of stoner-sludge-doom metal with heavy blues
influence may get their rocks off on a couple of Admiral
Browning’s passages, but the album ultimately comes across as
either a mediocre heavy blues album without vocals, or a
recording of a tired stoned-out jam session at three in the
morning. The album takes an awkward direction and meanders both
directions in indecision.  The drum lines at least are not all
free-form jams. The band at least seems to be together through
the musical passages, but the drum