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With vets of the proto-stoner rock band Fu Manchu in their ranks, it's no surprise that this meaty, groove-y power trio sound like its from a world where Black Sabbath got the respect and admiration they deserve, and Rush never discovered keyboards. Crossing the raw vocals of Detroit with the plodding rhythms of Birmingham, England, "Do It Now" -- which opens this, Nebula's third album -- sounds like the mighty Sab if Kid Rock were their singer, while "Giant" and "Ignition" recall Metallica's early raw covers of Blitzkrieg and Diamond Head. But the best tunes are the ones like "Shaker," "Goodbye Yesterday" and "Instant Gravitation," where this titanic threesome lock into a boogie-powered groove, with the latter finding them swapping electric guitars for acoustic ones but with no loss in power. (PAUL SEMEL -- April 10, 2001)