2024-04-05 06:00:40
Acid Mammoth – Supersonic Megafauna Collision
Origin: Athens / Greece
Release: 05.04.2024
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds Records
Duration: 41:55
Genre: Doom Metal
An incredible number of bands cavort in the pool, which is filled with doom and stoner. They all want to be noticed and yet very few stand out from the crowd of fuzz, fog and brutality. The Greeks are a shark in the crowded swimming pool Acid Mammoth. From the first riff they manage to make it clear who is to be heard and that great things can be expected.
That’s why I didn’t hesitate for a moment, blindly and without listening to the fourth disc Supersonic Megafauna Collision to accept. It is as described, because from the first notes you feel at home and arrived. Heavy riffs, which somehow have a very unique touch, meet the relentless rhythm roller. There is also the slightly quacky sounding organ of the singer and guitarist Chris Babalis Jr.
Finest Doom Riff Worshiping
Of course the singing is reminiscent of the good, old one Ozzy. But that’s only good for your own sound. In addition to the fuzzy sound that has been honed over many years on stages, it succeeds Acid Mammoth still cranking out one heavy riff after another. Actually, it is believed that the children of Iommi exploited its legacy to the last note. But it’s not like that, because the Greeks can always come up with new towers of reefs.
But there is something else that characterizes the band’s style. It’s the celebrated slowness, the getting involved and rolling out the riff to the fullest. To ensure that this demonstrative slowness doesn’t turn into boredom, someone has to imitate the Greeks. To that extent own Acid Mammoth the gift of entertaining and persuading with minimal means. One of these small devices, which are hardly noticeable the first time through, is the effective use of almost hidden keyboard lines.
A colossus in motion
With effective drums, the herd of mammoths stomps off with the first note and can no longer be stopped. Supersonic Megafauna Collision is carried by a powerful, constantly repeating doom riff. Plus these massive drums, which sometimes call for a march and later sound like a barrage of bullets. The suffering singing voice dances on everything, stepping aside when the guitar work begins. This is all combined with the casual genre looseness like you HERE can listen.
Fuzzorgasm (Keep On Screaming) simply specifies the target with the title. The initial two-minute riff attacks are finally followed by the vocals. The song is accompanied by subliminal old, venerable keyboard sounds. Can’t it get any slower? Yes, because that’s how it happens Garden Of Bones. Acid Mammoth No note is too deep, no rhythm is too slow that you can’t slow it down. The guitars provide the most variety and here the timbre of the solo can be reminiscent of the album Technical Ecstasy von Black Sabbath remember.
Surprise and final monster
Hardly anything seems to go under six minutes, as it also sounds fresh and almost mid-tempo Atomic Shaman rides a basic riff, which is filled with guitar work.
This one, dressed in an acoustic robe, is a complete departure from the previous concept One With The Void. The drums are reserved and the dark rumble of the guitars is also missing. The song literally flows forward and yet builds up a lot of tension. The guitar work resembles a well-considered improvisation. That’s why the listener stops worrying and listens to the intense flood of fine tones.
They want to and can finally prove it to us again. Tusko’s Last Trip is a twelve-minute journey driven by several reef ideas. Again, the vocal passages are supported by the sacred keyboards. But Tusko’s Last Trip is different than the previous numbers. The foundation of the six-minute numbers was a basic riff that carried everything, let’s show Acid Mammoth Finally, they can also connect many ideas fluently. The final, overlong monster is the culmination of another brilliant Doom record from the Greeks.
Conclusion
Acid Mammoth you can immediately recognize it from the first reef. Even though the guitars are quite low, the fantastic production gives them plenty of room to resonate and sound. No song on Supersonic Megafauna Collision seems the same and yet everything is from a single source. Acid Mammoth have arrived at the master class. 9 / 10
Line Up
Chris Babalis Jr. – vocals, guitar
Chris Babalis Sr. – guitar
Dimosthenis Varikos – Bass
Marios Louvaris – drums
Tracklist
01. Supersonic Megafauna Collision
02. Fuzzorgasm (Keep On Screaming)
03. Garden Of Bones
04. Atomic Shaman
05. One With The Void
06. Tusko’s Last Trip
Links
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