Release
date: August 13th 2016. Label: Headspin Records/Shiny Beast. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Astra
Planeta – Tracklisting
1.Saurian
Dream 07:32
2.The
Mind That Feeds The Eye 07:55
3.Navigating
the Mandjet 06:21
4.Illumination
Cloud 08:17
5.Hypnotized
by Apophis 11:38
Band
Members:
Rick
B. - Strings of Mind Bending Psychedelia
Rich
E. - Bass Notes of Cosmic Hypnosis
Andrew
P. - Percussion from the Depths of a Nebula
Review:
Australian
Spaced Out Doomsters Comacozer finally release their debut album –
Astra Planeta and the results are glorious and spaced out as heck.
Comacozer create epic spaced out Stoner/Doom with a hint of Sludge
appearing now and again. The album is full of rich ideas flowing from
beginning to end.
Opening
track – Saurian Dream – sets the scene for the whole tone of the
album with psychedelic spaced out noises merged with trippy doom
based guitars. The whole mood of the album is one of discovery in the
far reaches of space. Comacozer have a slight droning quality to
their music but it’s a great sound as it gives them extra weight in
the volume department.
Second
track – The Mind That Feeds The Eye – carries on the spaced out
sounds from the opening track though Comacozer play the tracks at a
much quieter and slower pace. This allows the band to experiment with
their sound and inject some trippy psychedelic noises into the mix.
One
of the albums strengths is how Comacozer excel at creating post-rock
style psych sounds and then turn the mood into something heavier with
epic doom/stoner riffs. The album flows with such creativity from
beginning to end that you’ll easily end up losing yourself in this
album. The other three tracks on the album – Navigating The
MandJet, Illumination Cloud and the almost twelve minute epic –
Hypnotized by Apophis – carry on the same rhythm as the opening two
tracks but Comacozer don’t rest on their laurels as they include
Middle Eastern based noises. It’s a superb touch as it gives this
album a world-weary feel to match the heavy space rock sounds flowing
throughout the album.
If
you’re a fan of Instrumental Doom/Stoner Metal then you’ll need
this album in your record collection. As this is a must have album
and perhaps one of the best Instrumental Rock/Metal albums of the
year.
Words
by Steve Howe
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