Release
date: 06th
April 2018. Label: Heavy Psych Sounds. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Pandemonium
– Tracklisting
1. Sunrise
2. High On Hell
3. The Sacrifice
4. Grindstone
5. Supernova &
Asteroids
6. Riding Fast Til
The End Of Time
7. I Just Wanna Fire
8. The Abyss
9. 13th Step Of The
Pyramid
Members
Gabriele Fiori –
Guitar & Vocals
Giuseppe Guglielmino
– Bass
Filippo Ragazzoni –
Drums
Review
Greetings All,
Music, especially
underground/indie music, can be weird, especially in regards to
discovering new music. I have been given the amazing opportunity to
listen to tons of music that without Steve and this awesome adventure
he has allowed me to tag along on I would never have found on my own.
The situation I often find myself in is that either I am familiar
with and in love with a band from what seems like day one, or I
completely miss the boat and feel like the oldest, most out of touch
dude on the planet.
Sadly, the latter
applies to Italy’s killer Black Rainbows. Pandemonium is the bands
6th full length in over 10 years of existence and somehow
this is the first I am hearing of them. Dammit, I feel like I have
been missing out for the last decade!
If you are in the dark,
like I was, Black Rainbows plays an absolutely smokin’ acid soaked,
fuzzed out stoner space rock that is addicting to say the least.
Pandemonium flies from beginning to end with an up tempo nature that
somewhat shields the darker, doom laden lyrics throughout. The album
sounds amazing. The recording is top notch and the sound is textured.
Black Rainbows enhances the standard guitar, bass, drums and vocals
with tons of effect, vocal clips, and organ that add the complexity
and dynamic sound.
Black Rainbows roll
masterfully from the beginning to the end of Pandemonium. The album
kicks in right away with Sunrise, which is full of Fuzzed out,
doom-laden swagger. The opening line of “Sunrise, you gotta die..”
is tremendous. High to Hell follows with a groove heavy
driving beat. It is the perfect track to drive your ’69 deep into
the heart of the desert. It leads in to one of my favorite tracks.
The Sacrifice is dark, rocking beast that is catchy as hell!
Grindstone is
yet another killer track. It brings the heavy before breaking down
into a 70’s inspired groove. Supernova and Asteroids is a
brief bit of spaced out pop rock. The organ heavy Riding Fast ‘Til
the End of Time follows and brings it still. A rather lengthy
instrumental intro opens I Just Wanna Fire with it’s phaser
heavy riffage keeps the good, dark times rolling.
The
Abyss is another amazingly catchy, heavy ass piece of perfection.
The riff heavy groove keeps your head above the pessimistic, sinking
lyrics. There is also some amazing fret work and killer organ swirl
to close out this beast. 13th Step of the
Pyramid closes the record with a slightly slower psychedelic
groove. The track is heavy on phaser and effects and is a wicked,
acid-soaked ending.
Black Rainbows kick
around in the same territory as bands like Kadavar, Graveyard, and Fu
Manchu. If you are a fan of these bands, then find Black Rainbows.
Much like Fu Manchu’s excellent Clone of the Universe, Pandemonium
deserves solid consideration for the Stoner/Fuzz rock record of the
year. It is amazing that we are only in the beginning of 2018 and we
have so much Heavy Fuzzed out goodness to be thankful full. Dig on
Black Rainbows, I know I do (now)!
- Todd S
Instagram @alltheghoststhathauntyou
Words by Todd Stealey
Thanks
to Claire at Purple Sage PR for the promo. Pandemonium will be
available to buy on DD/CD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds from April
06th
2018.
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