Salem, Ma**achusetts' Doomriders are a side project for workaholic Converge and Old Man Gloom member Nate Newton (guitar and vocals), in collaboration with friends Chris Pupecki (guitar), Jebb Riley (ba** and vocals), and Chris Bevalaqua (drums). And, where most of their regular pursuits (bands like There Were Wires, Blacktail, Hallraker, and Some Kind of Hate) involve painstakingly a**embled songs, Doomriders' 2005 debut, Black Thunder, features loose, spontaneous, though no less intense heavy rock. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide