Of the various Italian stoner rock bands I've come across who follow a more traditional approach to the genre -- acts like El-Thule, Black Rainbow and Void Generator -- Treviso's OJM might be the most characteristically individual. By that I mean that within a genre of classic and desert rock influence, they still manage to come out sounding distinct in their musical personality. Volcano (Go Down Records) is OJM's fourth studio full-length since forming in 1997, and as it unites the band with the accomplished production of Rancho de la Luna's Dave Catching (Queens of the Stone Age, earthlings?, The Giraffes, etc.), it hones a refined and polished approach to the genre of stone that, rather than aping the likes of Kyuss or Fu Manchu, modernizes and refreshes the approach.