Release
date: April 10th
2020.
Label: Argonauta
Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
GOD
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Tracklisting
1.(generate)
02:51
2.The
One 06:32
3.The
Holy 06:08
4.The
Truth 08:19
5.(organize)
01:28
6.The
Eye 10:46
7.(destroy)
02:26
8.The
Strength 09:43
Members
Manuele
‘Manu’ † vocals, fx
Fabio
‘Zekimmortal’ † bass, vocals
Stefano
‘Torre’ † drums
Alberto
‘Tode’ † guitar
Review
Italian
Doom/Stoner Metallers – Megatherium – return with their new album
GOD and it’s a bold statement to call your album that but the band
aren’t afraid to push new boundaries and create new sounds on this
release compared to their debut album. This hasn’t got the highly
addictive grooves of their debut album Superbeast.
As the band have opted for a darker and bleaker style of music.
This
album sees Megatherium play a darker blend of Progressive Doom/Sludge
Metal with elements of Psychedelic Grooves adding a more unsettled
tone with opening song – (generate) – being an Ambient/Drone
based song with voices appearing in the background with the Doom
based elements slowly bringing the song to a slow finish.
Second
song – The One – is a song that reminds me of their debut album
but the bleaker sounds appear early and the band just carry on with
their more Post-Apocalyptic style of music with superb vocals by
Manuele. The added Psychedelic Effects offers a more Post-Metal
vision to the feel and flow of the album with the Progressive Guitars
being the main driving force of the song. The production is quite raw
and abstract but allows Megatherium to build upon their sound for
maximum volume levels.
Third
song – The Holy – is another Post-Apocalyptic based song with a
heavy stylized version of Doom/Stoner Metal being played and it has
quite a “Grunge” feel to it as well. The song takes time to get
going and only starts to come alive when Manuele vocals appear then
everything makes sense and the band create one of the strongest songs
on the entire album.
Despite
the dark poetic lyrics and ideas running throughout this album,
Megatherium manage to play some epic sounding riffs on this album
with a twinge of Classic Hard Rock that you wouldn’t really expect.
So it’s good to see the band trying something different on this
album whilst remaining true to their roots.
The
band draw influences from bands such as ISIS (The Band), Neurosis and
UFOMAMMUT on certain parts of the album.
Other
standout songs to check out are: The Truth, The Eye and The Strength.
As that’s where the bands reach their creative peak with these
songs and offer a more daring and perhaps even heavier experience
with the different levels of Progressive sounds within the
Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal spectrum.
I’m
still torn deciding which album do I prefer the most – Superbeast
or GOD. Both albums are vastly different to each other though it’s
going to be quite exciting personally for myself deciding in the
future. As I get to spend more time with this wonderfully dark,
daring and exciting album.
Overall,
GOD may not be an easy album to listen to but it’s got a SHIT-TON
of Heavy Riffs to keep fans of the genre happy for a long time to
come….
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Mona at All Noir PR for the promo. GOD is
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records now.
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