Matadors

Sweden's Matadors were founded in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Andreas Bergström and drummer Jonas Jönsson (formerly of Ridge), but would go through about eight different bass players before finding a likeminded soul in Johan Anderberg. Jointly inspired by the compressed post-stoner rock and unpredictable stylistic idiosyncrasies of Queens of the Stone Age (or Kyuss meets Devo, if you prefer), the trio released their debut full-length, The Muse of Señor Ray, in 2005, then followed it with the sophomore Flame the Whisper in 2007. The latter saw the addition of session guitaris...