Release
date: January 19th 2018. Label: Argonauta Records. Format: CD/DD
III
- Tracklisting
1. Whale Road
2. Selkie
3. Echoes in Stone
4. Eynhallow
5. History of the
Earls of Orkney
Members
Joel Harris: guitar
Louis Koble: bass
Andy Martin:
drums/vocals
Sean McKee: guitar
Review
Greetings all,
I
had the most righteous honor of checking out the new album by
Philadelphia riff masters Clamfight. III
is obviously the bands third release and it is an amazing set of 5
slabs of killer sludge. The band credits alot of the hallmarks of the
stoner metal as their influences, and while you can certainly here
those influences the fellas in Clamfight
do an amazing job of sounding original and masterful. There are
elements from the 70's to today and the band finds a way to wink and
nod at 40+ years of killer music in only 5 crushing tracks.
To
the tracks, the album opens with Whale Road
which spans over 11 minutes and kicks of
with a surf inspired intro that instantly reminded me of that used in
Pulp Fiction. The song varies into a lot of directions as their is a
bit of Neurosis when the song kicks in before going in to a Clutch
inspired guitar breakdown before some heavy, heavy drums in the
outro. Selkie
comes in next and it hits you hard and fast. The song is heavy,
period. Echoes in Stone is
an impressive multi faceted song. There is some Eyehategod level
sludge mixed with female vocals and an absolutely face melting guitar
solo outro. Eynhallow
is the shortest track on the record at a little over 5 minutes. It is
a slow instrumental interpretations that opens with a subdued bass
line before bringing in some David Gilmour/Pink Floyd inspired guitar
work with a nice mix of synths to keep the mood mellow. The album
closes with the impressive 12+ minutes of History
of Earls of Orkney that comes in with a
leisurely 3 minute start before kicking in with an amazing riff that
will leave your neck a bit on the sore side. There are so many
aspects of this song that are utterly amazing.
Clamfight
has bestowed upon us an amazing piece of work. I implore anyone
reading this to take the time and track this record down. The band is
set to start 2018 with more than just a bang. Do yourself a favor and
track down III. I
know I am.
-Todd SInstagram @alltheghoststhathauntyou
Words
by Todd Stealey
Thanks to Barbara at
NeeCee Agency for the promo. III will be available to buy on CD/DD
via Argonauta Records from Jan 19th 2018.
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