A mixture of classic influences such as Breach, Melvins and Black Sabbath mixed with similarities to present day bands such as High on Fire, Khanate, and Neurosis.

Zonderhoof is instrumental, aggressive and very loud, rooted in hard rock, hardcore punk and metal with inspiration from also movie soundtracks, sound effects and electronic music.

Extracts from reviews:

Subba Cultcha - Nov 2007: "Zonderhoof have the cunning post-modernist knack of taking their music incredibly seriously, yet simultaneously realising that it is, when all's said and done, just music ... and hence worthy of having a bit of fun with"

Organ – Nov 2007 (Issue 228): "Mighty fine filthy sounding instrumental hard/math rock from deepest Wales... and they're for fans of slightly awkward rather large Melvins/Sicbay/F**king Champs shaped giant-riffed things that come flying at your head, hook you in and threaten to crush you."

Rock Sound – Oct 2007 (Issue 101): "Organic, pile driving instrumental rock which grabs your beard with might and doesn't let go! … Bonkers, perhaps. Benders of truth, most definitely. But Zonderhoof are rather excellent and their lunacy should be embraced."

Terrorizer - May 2006: "their inspirations are wholly appropriate... Zonderhoof are musically worthy-to-be-signed material"

Raw Nerve - Apr 2006: "reminds me of the darker side of The Jesus Lizard & Melvins... All three songs are quality. Let's hope they deliver an album pretty soon. Listen to this clever, quality band now!"

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