Release
date: September 28th
2018. Label: Kozmik
Artifactz.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Mindtripper
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Tracklisting
1.Druggernaut
2.Fat
Saturn
3.Acid
Times
4.Mindtripper
5.Along
the Crooked Roads 07:26
6.The
Voyage
7.Cosmic
Dancers
Members
U.H.
Jacobsen as the voice, guitar & keys
Stian
Solberg as the low-end
And
Lasse Røed beating on the cosmic drums
Review
Mindtripper is the
debut album from Psychedelic Doom Rockers - Magmakammer. Coming
across like a more spaced out version of Uncle Acid & The
Deadbeats, this album sees Magmakammer adding their own heavy
psychedelic groove to the Doom/Stoner Metal scene. The vocals from
U.H. Jacobsen have a distinctive Black Sabbath feel to them and that
only instantly draws you into their heavy spaced out sound.
Opening track -
Druggernaut - is your usual standard Doom Metal type of song. However
when Magmakammer start adding elements of Psych Rock then the song
and album finally spring into life and keeps that confident groove
going until the very end of the album. The hazy and heavy guitars
become heavier and allow the band to explore different parts of their
music.
Second song - Fat
Saturn - sees the band journey down the same path as heavyweights
Electric Wizard and Sleep but with a more progressive feel. The
vocals have a slight creepy feel to them and the lyrics allow this
song become one of the more spaced out offerings on the album. The
whole feel and sound of the album is decidedly modern and classic
sounding at the same time with Magmakammer offering a complex and
progressive sound that I didn't really expect or anticipated. The
music is wonderfully eerie and has its fair share of gloomy moments
to impress the listener with.
Just when you think you
have everything figured out with Magmakammer, the band pull something
unexpected out of the band and that's what happened to me with the
excellent third song - Acid Times. As the band adopt a more Garage
Rock style of music and it works so well. The psychedelic and cosmic
vibes from the opening two tracks are still there in essence. However
the main focus of Acid Times is the Garage Rock sound with a grand
Classic Rock approach being added just for the sheer fun of it all.
Fourth song - Mindtripper - is the most doomed out song held on the album which
opens with some gloomy organs before the heavy guitars appear. This
song feels inspired by the classic horror films from the sixties and
seventies. The song has that sinister feel and the lyrics are the
main reason for that feeling. The lyrics are very theatrical and OTT
but they add a sense of dread into the overall feel of the album.
The final three songs:
Along The Crooked Roads, The Voyage and Cosmic Dancers sees
Magmakammer embrace their Cosmic/Space Rock identity even further
with The Voyage and Cosmic Dancers being two of the best songs held
on the album. You can expect the usual twists and turns with the
band's music. However you can't deny how highly addictive and
exciting it all sounds.
Mindtripper is one of
those rare debut albums that have the potential to reward Magmakammer
with a long rewarding career within the Doom/Stoner Metal scene. Mindtripper is that good and is bound to have Doom/Stoner Metal fans
worshipping at the altar of Magmakammer. Overall, Mindtripper is a
thrilling and stunning debut album that leaves you wanting more.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Adam at Kozmik Artifactz for the promo. Mindtripper will be
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Kozmik Artifactz from September
28th 2018.
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