Release
date: February
20th
2020.
Label: Self
Released.
Format: CD/DD
Lost
Orbiter - Tracklisting
1.Valkyries
04:05
2.Bigfoot
Walk 04:08
3.Drake's
Equation 04:51
4.Red
Dunes 05:01
5.Trappist-1
04:09
6.Dead
Space 06:54
Members
Guitar
& Vox: Joe
Guitar:
Helge
Bass:
Tom
Drums:
Johannes)
Review
Lost
Orbiter is the new album from Psych Stoner Rockers Mindcrawler who
add a touch of Space Rock theatrics to their sound and this allows
the album to be quite an action-packed affair. The album has a cool
deft touch of seventies sounding Spaced Out Doom holding everything
together with elements of Grunge and Hard Rock being added just for
the sheer fun of it all.
Opening
song – Valkyries – is an aggressive style of Post-Doom, Stoner
Metal and heavy flashes of Psychedelic Rock allowing the band to show
their commanding presence on this album.
Second
song – Bigfoot Walk – is definitely more outlandish with its
groovy lyrics and almost heavy distorted Stoner grooves. The song
starts off superbly with heavy distorted and fuzz-laiden riffs. The
vocals do take time to fully get on board with but will soon win you
round. Though it’s the music that’s the main attraction here with
deliciously heavy FUZZ sounds that hark back to the good old days of
Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Truckfighters.
Third
song – Drake’s Equation – is perhaps the trippiest and
psychedelic song on the entire album and one that makes it one of the
standout songs on the album with Mindcrawler playing to their musical
strengths and a vast array of fantastic heavy sounds leading the way.
The song is quite reflective in places and the almost sounding
Post-Rock atmosphere of the song left me wanting more.
Fourth
song – Red Dunes – is a more sombre affair and perhaps the most
emotional part of the album with Joe’s vocals doing a grand job of
conveying many types of emotion on this song. The riffs allow
Mindcrawler to play a modern and heavier blend of Fuzz/Stoner Metal
with a twinge of seventies Doom rock appearing towards the end of the
song.
The
final two songs Trappist One and Dead Space allows Mindcrawler to
further expand their musical ideas to a much heavier level with a
more progressive style of music with Trappist One being another one
of the standout songs on the album.
Mindcrawler
is one of those albums where you need to multiple listens to
understand the full scale of it all. As there is a lot to take in on
this album especially with the different styles of Stoner Rock/Metal
the band have included on this album.
Overall,
Lost Orbiter is an album that sees the band play to their many
musical strengths and release an adventurous album that should help
them appeal to the wider Stoner Rock/Metal community.
Words
by Steve Howe
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