Release
date: March
04th
2020.
Label: Self
Released.
Format: DD
Mammuthus
– S/T
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Tracklisting
1.Without
You 03:00
2.Backdoor
03:13
3.Bloodworm
03:44
4.Something
New 03:39
Members
Matt
Bradford (Bass)
Rob
Dring (Drums)
Josh
Micallef (Guitar, Vocals)
Review
New
Zealand Stoner Rockers – Mammuthus – show a lot of promise with
their debut self-titled EP with their style of Stoner Rock which has
elements of Sludge Rock, Fuzz Rock, Desert Rock and Psychedelic Rock
to allow the band have quite a rich and thick sound that you wouldn’t
expect. I wasn’t expecting Josh vocals to be quite so melodic. I
was expecting a more grizzled and heavier style of vocals but I was
majorly surprised by that and he delivers a wonderful “Stoner Rock”
type performance on this EP.
Mammuthus
blast their way through the 4 songs on the EP with supreme confidence
and you wouldn’t believe this is their debut EP. As this feels like
a band who have been releasing killer records for years on end.
The
4 songs are quite short all running under 4 minutes each but it’s a
winning sound with KYUSS and TRUCKFIGHTERS being a major influence on
the band but the band still show they have some impressive ideas of
their own when merging the Desert/Psych Rock groove with a dirty
Sludge Rock atmosphere.
The
guitars are frantic and full of delicious “FUZZ” especially on
the superb two opening songs – Without
You and Backdoor. The final two songs Bloodworm and Something New
amps up the Stoner Rock/Metal atmosphere with Mammuthus
paying
homage to the Godfathers of Stoner Rock such as KYUSS and FU MANCHU.
Mammuthus
feel like they have a lot more cool stories to tell and I wanted this
EP to be on much longer than the 13 minutes that it currently offers.
As they’ve released a well-crafted and superbly entertaining EP
that delivers on all fronts in the RIFFS DEPARTMENT...
Words
by Steve Howe
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