Release Date: October 03rd 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats:CD/DD/Vinyl
Pangaea - Tracklisting
1.Batagaïka
2.Gang Rinpoché
3.Racetrack Playa
4.Man Pupu Nyor
5.Incahuasi
6.Riftus...
7....Pangaea
Members
Guillaume - Guitar
Romuald - Drum
Review
Pangaea is the second full length album from Psych/Doom/Stoner Rockers Birds Of Nazca who are a highly talented duo specialising in all things HEAVY with a moody sideline in Post-Rock and Post-Metal heaviness. There’s a spirited Cosmic Sludge Rock sound always bursting out the seams which allows Birds Of Nazca to become a much heavier duo that you initially realize. Imagine if Mars Red Sky, Pelican, Weedpecker and Russian Circles joined creative forces then this is the end result.
The band are purely an instrumental band but still manage to project an intriguing story within their music which is told through powerful Psychedelic landscapes and Ambient Post-Rock soundscapes which superbly comes to life on the splendid opening tracks of Batagaïka, Gang Rinpoché and Racetrack Playa setting the scene for fans of desolate Desert Rock/Metal grooves. The music can be quite progressive and choppy in places but that’s part of the charm with the band creating a destructive and minimalist Space Rock theme throughout the album.
There’s a classic sense of nineties Desert/Stoner Rock melody hidden behind the more forceful and aggressive movements where you can even hear traces of KYUSS, OOTSA and YAWNING MAN within the later stages of the record. Birds Of Nazca are quite adventurous by exploring impactful melodies and joining them with a thoughtful Post-Rock attitude on tracks such as Man Pupu Nyor, Incahuasi and the beautifully explosive final track of ….Pangaea.
Pangaea is a record that dares to show it’s LIGHT vs DARK side throughout which makes it quite a highly bold, stylish and supremely melodic record. My favourite aspect of the album is where Birds Of Nazca strip back from their Desert/Stoner Rock surroundings and dive head right into the Sludge/Post-Metal aspects of their music. As everything becomes more real and quite grounded even with the COSMIC flow takes centre stage.
The instrumental passages are played brilliantly by Guillaume (Guitar) and Romuald (Drum) that sees them have a “WORLD BUILDING” and “PLANET DESTROYING” energy to their music which is perhaps the most breathtaking part of Pangaea that I will ultimately take away from the listening to the record.
Pangaea is everything you want from a first rate Instrumental Doom/Stoner Metal record and one that ranks alongside albums by the likes of PELICAN, MODDER and SPACE WITCH as being one of the best and most definitive Instrumental Rock/Metal albums of the year.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Birds Of Nazca and NRV Promotion for the promo.
Pangaea is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl.
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