The Robot Lords of Tokyo is a musical sludge / stoner rock project based in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

. The band independently released their self-titled album in 2006. The band followed up with “Whiskey, Blood & Napalm” in 2008 which was named one of the Top 50 Albums of 2009 by Classic Rock Magazine. Eliran Kantor

Eliran Kantor

Eliran Kantor is a Berlin-based artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for heavy metal bands such as Testament, Mekong Delta, Sigh and Anacrusis...

 illustrated the album cover of Whiskey, Blood & Napalm.

The band's name comes from the 2005 Clutch

Clutch (band)

Clutch is an American rock band from Germantown, Maryland, formed in 1990. The band's first release was an EP entitled Pitchfork, which debuted in October 1990. Their first studio album, Transnational Speedway League, was released three years later in 1993. To date, Clutch has released nine studio...

 song 10001110101 on the album Robot Hive/Exodus

Robot Hive/Exodus

-Personnel:*Neil Fallon – Vocals, Guitar, Percussion*Tim Sult – Guitar*Jean Paul Gaster – Drums, Percussion*Dan Maines – Bass*Mick Schauer – Hammond Organ, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer Electric Piano*J...

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The band has also been prominently featured on stonerrock.com, in Guitar World magazine, Dirty Rock Magazine, and MCLA The Lax Mag.

Guests

• Steve Theado of American Dog
  American Dog
  Bolt is a 2008 American computer-animated adventure/action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and is its forty-eighth animated feature. It is the first film directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard...
  
   on 'The Mergatroid', 'Bring It On Down', and 'Larger Than Life
  Larger than Life
  Larger than Life may refer to:In music:*"Larger than Life" , a song by the Backstreet Boys*Larger than Life , an album by Jody Watley*Larger than Life , an EP by Paragon...
  
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• Terry Adams on 'Princess of Hollywood'
• Steve Pollick of Icarus Witch
  Icarus Witch
  Icarus Witch is a heavy metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, formed in 2004 by bassist Jason Myers. The band has 4 cds on Cleopatra records.They are most notably known for being former Iron Maiden's singer Paul Di'Anno's United States/Canada backup band on several tours...
  
   on 'Deathwagon'
• Nate Hollman and Ryan Smith of Snowblynd on 'Shakedown'
• Rob Johnson of Magnitude 9 on 'Shadows and Blood' and 'Burn the Sky'
• Neil Zaza on 'Fear'
• Beau Van Bibber of Deflagration
  Deflagration
  Deflagration is a term describing subsonic combustion that usually propagates through thermal conductivity; hot burning material heats the next layer of cold material and ignites it. Most "fire" found in daily life, from flames to explosions, is deflagration...
  
  
• Joe Viers

Discography

• Robot Lords Of Tokyo
  Robot Lords of Tokyo
  The Robot Lords of Tokyo is a musical sludge / stoner rock project based in Columbus, Ohio. The band independently released their self-titled album in 2006. The band followed up with “Whiskey, Blood & Napalm” in 2008 which was named one of the Top 50 Albums of 2009 by Classic Rock Magazine...
  
  (2006)
• A Millennium Tribute to Motley Crue (2007)
• Whiskey, Blood & Napalm (2008)

External links

• Official Website
• RLoT MySpace Page

Sources

• http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/the-greatest-albums-of-2009-so-far-part-4/
• http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=260
• http://mclamag.com/issues/past/v2i7.php