Release Date: August 22nd 2025. Record Label: Tonzonen. Formats: CD.DD/Vinyl
Cosmic Mother - Tracklisting
1.geographic gardens suck 04:44
2.king of tomorrow 03:01
3.yard of oblivion 03:22
4.sunrise 01:29
5.sundance 04:01
6.from another world 05:21
7.panic to ride 04:22
8.crank in public 03:11
9.pull the plug 03:28
10.1000 tons of stone 03:36
11.shrink age 03:00
12.a smile for the dead 04:34
Members
Christian “Andi” Andersen - bass guitar
Peter “Pete” Stoeckicht - guitars
Timo Ahlers - drums
Christoph Wollmann - vocals
Review
Cosmic Mother is the debut album from Giant Haze where they play a richly observed style of modern day Stoner Rock/Metal which also has elements of Grunge, Doom, Sludge, Psych and Fuzz bound into its heavy creative outlook. The sound has a distinctive Garage Rock energy with Giant Haze moving from the Proto-Metal energy of the Seventies to the aggressive Grunge/Stoner Rock attitude of the Nineties but still being thoroughly modern at the same time.
The music feels inspired by the likes of Soundgarden, KYUSS, FU MANCHU and Monster Magnet for the most part but with a sublime Punk Rock attitude allows Giant Haze to stand on their own creative merits. The record has a subtle raw sounding quality thanks to the wicked production values contained throughout. Giant Haze have an aggressive and outlandish approach with their music especially with the excellent vocals from Christoph Wollmann who feels like he’s channelling David Johannson, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop and Dave Wyndorf with his vocal delivery on the album.
The stripped back Psych/Space Rock melodies are always bang on point with Giant Haze blazing their way through a collection of sublime tracks on the record such as geographic gardens suck, king of tomorrow, sunrise, sundance and from another world that allows Cosmic Mother to be quite an exciting, exhilarating and highly aggressive ride within the first half of the album. Giant Haze focus mostly on the Space Rock and Fuzz Rock side of their music which allows the heaviest and seediest instrumental passages to be quite refreshing and highly unapologetic at the same time.
There are some unexpected harsh growls along the way which brings a welcome Grunge/Sludge atmosphere to the party that allows Christian “Andi” Andersen on Bass, Peter “Pete” Stoeckicht on Guitars and Timo Ahlers on Drums to shine through and through with music that has a timeless quality to it all. Christoph gets all the time he needs to deliver a masterclass of over the top Spaced Out vocals that we don’t experience enough these days.
The one thing I admire the most from Giant Haze is their fearless creative attitude which becomes more apparent throughout the second half of the album. The grooves, melodies, spaced out passages and vocals become more over the top and less grounded on tracks such as panic to ride, crank in public, 1000 tons of stone and a smile for the dead with Giant Haze impressing even further where the music leaves you wanting to hear more.
Cosmic Mother is a superbly entertaining record with Giant Haze playing a wealth of different STONER based grooves that will have you rocking out in no time at all!!!
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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