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Photo by Travis Heacock

Photo by Travis Heacock

Colorado is a place of many natural wonders–gorgeous skies full of stars and layered clouds, majestic mountain vistas and rolling hills. This amazing scenery is loved and appreciated by all, but it isn’t usually associated with metal or heavy rock. Cloud Catcher are changing all that though—these dudes love the gorgeous nature of Colorado and the wonders of infinite space that can be seen from a quiet Colorado hilltop, and they let it inspire their music, making for some truly great and original tunes.

Cloud Catcher self-describe their music as “cosmic heavy rock,” and they take influence from classic metal bands like Black Sabbath and the modern doom scene, as well as classic rock and psych. Because of their complex sound and varied influences, they are able to straddle both the psych and metal scenes in Denver, playing to both crowds, contributing to both genres, and making a strong name for themselves and a Colorado rock staple.

“Jared [Soloman Handman – drums] and I have been playing music together for five years,” states Rory Rummings, the band’s guitarist and vocalist. “Our roots for starting a band started growing pretty early on. It wasn’t until two years ago that I approached him and asked if he’d like to join what would become Cloud Catcher. I’ve known Kam [Kameron Wentworth – bass] for a little over a year. He used to be in the band Medusa, whom I was a huge fan of. When he decided to leave Medusa, we immediately hopped on the opportunity of asking him to play bass.”

The group pulls influence from the awesome mountains surrounding Denver, and are able to make such strong, psychedelic and layered music because of the inspirational state they call home. “It’s hard to not be inspired by the landscape here,” Rummings tells us. “A lot of the lyrics on this first album are essentially about raising your consciousness through nature. I live up in Evergreen so it’s truly a part of the process of song writing for me.”

In the process of celebrating nature, the group also calls on the natural help of cannabis to give their music a kick. Cannabis is very much a part of our everyday lives,” Rummings states. “When we jam we are known to ignite the sacred herb and follow the smoke towards the riff-filled land. I would honestly say it helps us with sonic spatial reasoning. Ya know, song composition and such. I also used to work in the industry for about a year, both growing, and selling cannabis for a few warehouses. I really enjoyed that line of work.”

The group is currently riding the success of their recently released album, Enlightened Beyond Existence. The digital version is free for streaming on their Bandcamp page, and they are accepting preorders for an upcoming vinyl release of the record. Catch them as they play around Denver this fall, and try taking a listen to their release as you cruise through the mountains and take in the scenery.

cloud-catcher.bandcamp.com

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