The Lumberjack Feedback return with “Sword of the Sun”, a crushing new single-track digital EP

Argonauta Records proudly welcomes back French instrumental post-metal force The Lumberjack Feedback with “Sword of the Sun”, a new EP built around a single, monumental track, available exclusively in digital format.

Listen now: https://tidal.com/album/511312900/u

Designed as a focused and uncompromising sonic statement, “Sword of the Sun” pushes the band further into darker and heavier territories. Massive riffs, oppressive rhythms and relentless intensity drive a composition that unfolds like a slow, inevitable confrontation. Stripping away excess, the band channels everything into one powerful piece, delivering a short yet deeply impactful experience.

The EP embodies the idea of standing alone against adversity, where the “Sword of the Sun” becomes a symbol of raw strength and survival, cutting through chaos with determination.

This new release follows “The Stronghold”, released via Argonauta Records in April 2024, which showcased the band’s signature blend of crushing heaviness, dual drumming and hypnotic atmospheres, further establishing their place in the international post-metal scene.

Formed in France in 2008, The Lumberjack Feedback have built a strong identity through instrumental compositions that merge sludge, doom and post-rock influences into immersive and emotionally charged soundscapes.

For fans of: Pelican, Boris, Monkey3, Gojira, Caspian, Neurosis, Russian Circles

Cover art by Francois Andries https://www.instagram.com/fr_andries

INFO:

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Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the details.

The Lumberjack Feedback - The Stronghold (Album Review)

Release Date: April 26th 2024. Record Label: Argonauta Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

The Stronghold - Tracklisting

1. Kings And Servants

2. Praised The Lord For A Brighter Future

3. Failing To Witness His Mighty Work

4. But All Remembered The Place…

5. The Stronghold

Review

French Instrumental Doom Metal/Post-Metal collective The Lumberjack Feedback return with their epic third album The Stronghold and once again the band take a different approach with their music. As the band is a type of creative outfit that never releases the same type of album twice. The Stronghold may not be as dark as their 2019 album Mere Mortals with the band even adding high amounts of uplifting Ambient Post-Rock compared to the Post-Black Metal carnage that appeared within Mere Mortals.

However, the band still creates vast moments of Psychedelic Doom Metal and Post-Metal with powerful synths being added within the opening track of Kings And Servants. The song is a blend of Post-Metal passages that feels inspired by the likes of Russian Circles and Pelican but with a more sombre and sludgy guitar tone. The record sees The Lumberjack Feedback exploring more SONIC textures and Ambient movements with a Progressive energy allowing the record to be quite organic especially on Kings And Servants and the wonderfully Psychedelic leaning second track Praised The Lord For A Brighter Future.

Praised The Lord For A Brighter Future can be quite therapeutic with a lush and aggressive style of Post-Rock becoming more Post-Doom or Atmospheric Sludge on the later stages of the track. Progressive Metal drumming allows the music to become more daring and melodic at the same time. The Lumberjack Feedback have a free-flowing creative attitude to their instrumental sounds that can be quite surreal and with a world-building quality which they use more intensively on the remaining tracks on the album.

There are small sections of the album where The Lumberjack Feedback abandon their Post-Metal identity and explore the Post-Stoner or Desert/Stoner Rock world to breathtaking results especially on the outstanding third track Failing To Witness His Mighty Work which is perhaps one of the standout tracks. The deft STONER instrumental touches and solitary acoustic guitars allows the listener to see a side to the band that we haven’t experienced before. 

The final two tracks of But All Remembered The Place… and The Stronghold allows The Lumberjack Feedback to return to their Post-Metal world with the heaviest moments on the whole album with that free-flowing Post-Doom or Post-Stoner sound coming at the right opportunity before being deconstructed into a classic style of bleak sounding Post-Metal passages within the final epic title track.

The Stronghold is without doubt The Lumberjack Feedback most emotionally charged, technically impressive and outstanding record to date. All dedicated followers of the Post-Metal scene need to add this wonderful album to their record collection right now. It’s seriously top-level stuff which I’m hoping brings more exposure to this already great band.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.

The Stronghold is available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records from Friday 26th April 2024.

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The Lumberjack Feedback - Mere Mortals (Album Review)

Release date: April 26th 2019. Label: Deadlight Entertainment. Format: Cassette/CD/DD/Vinyl

Mere Mortals – Tracklisting

1.Therapy? 06:36

2.Kill! Kill! Kill! Die! Die! Die! 04:22

3.New order (of the ages) - Part I 05:23

4.New order (of the ages) - Part II 05:18

5.Wind's last blow 04:01

6.A white horse (called Death) 09:16

7.Kobe (the doors of spirit) 12:10

Members

Simon Herbaut & Geoffrey Gosset :Guitar

Sebastien Tarridec : Bass

Nicolas Tarridec & Virgile Chaize : Drums

Review

I’ve always been a fan of The Lumberjack Feedback style of Instrumental Doom/Post-Metal grooves over the last few years or so. I’ve enjoyed most of their studio output and the band have their own way of creating hard-hitting style of Instrumental Rock/Metal music. Though I will admit it has taken me a very long time to fully appreciate their new album – Mere Mortals.

As this album is way more darker and progressive than their 2016 debut album Blackened Visions. Mere Mortals takes the harsh ideas they created on Blackened Visions and play a more volatile and violent sound. The overall sound of the album is still firmly rooted in Doom/Sludge Metal grooves but with a dark Instrumental Post-Metal theme allowing the band to create a more mature sound compared to previous releases.

Opening song – Therapy? - allows the band to show the listener how dark this album will be with Progressive sounding Post-Metal vibes building up to a thrilling and noisy environment. The sound can be classed as Post-Black Metal at times but the band keep the Doom/Sludge Metal riffs coming thick and fast so it’s hard not to be impressed by it all.

I was expecting moments of Stoner Metal to appear that the band have used on previous releases but there isn’t a trace of any kind. The Lumberjack Feedback have focused on creating a more gloomy offering and it’s a wise decision. As the band do venture into some dark places especially on songs such as: Kill! Kill! Kill! Die! Die! Die!, New order (of the ages) - Part I, New order (of the ages) - Part II and Wind’s Last Blow.

These songs is where The Lumberjack Feedback impress the most with excellent instrumental work especially the drumming from both sets of drummers – Nicolas and Virgile. The drumming is downright ferocious and angry throughout the entire album and allows the band to create some dark epic grooves. The Ambient based sounds are another nice touch which allows the band to slow the mood right down and let the listener catch their breath before the next heavy onslaught of Progressive based riffs.

The Lumberjack Feedback are not doing anything new within the Instrumental Post-Metal scene but they are making music that people should take notice of. The final two songs - A white horse (called Death) and Kobe (the doors of spirit) bring this epic sounding album to a close and contain some of the heaviest sounds of the album.

Overall, Mere Mortals is another winning album from The Lumberjack Feedback and will no doubt impress the Post-Metal masses to fully take notice.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the promo. Mere Mortals is available to buy now on Cassette/CD/DD/Vinyl via Deadlight Entertainment.

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The Lumberjack Feedback - Blackened Visions (Album Review)

Release date: Jan 15th 2015 (CD/DD) – Feb 15th 2015 (Vinyl). Label: Kaotoxin. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Blackened Visions – Tracklisting

1. No Cure (For The Fools)
2. Blackened Visions
3. IMereMortal
4. Salvation
5. Dra Till Helvete
6. Mah Song (Horses Of God)

Band Members:

Simon Herbaut – guitars
Arnaud Silvert – guitars
Sebastien Tarridec – bass
Nicolas Tarridec – drums
Virgile Chaize – drums

Review:

The Lumberjack Feedback’s debut album – Blackened Visions – is influenced by bands such as Pelican and Neurosis – though that’s not to say the band doesn’t have any great ideas of their own, as they do. It’s just that it took me a very long time and multiple listens to actually enjoy this album. It takes the gloomy sludge/post-metal atmospherics that Neurosis are known for and matched against the cinematic style of doom/gloom post-metal Pelican first delivered earlier in their career.

It’s quite a complex, bleak and progressive sounding album. You are treated to traces of Stoner Rock/Metal but it’s mainly the Sludge/Doom Metal riffs that impress the most. Opening track – No Cure (For The Fools) – is the first of six tracks for the band to impress you with. Heavy slabs of distorted noisy bass-driven Sludge Metal with impressive drumming slowly create a dark mood that lasts for the duration of the whole album. The Lumberjack Feedback’s sound can be quite distorted at times that may put some people off. Stick with it though as you’ll miss out on some superb instrumental work.

Second track – Blackened Visions – is bleak, heavy and packed full of strange sounding noises that has a slight Russian Circles feel. It’s starts off rather slowly that gives the band valuable time to create a nightmarish psychedelic world drenched in almost post-black metal riffs though the band wisely return to the more familiar Sludge/Post-Metal and it’s the sound that works perfectly for them. The band experiment with their sound by adding classic Thrash style riffs. It’s something I could have done without as it doesn’t add to their sound. Luckily these kinds of riffs are kept to a minimum.

Third track - Imeremortal – is when the band finally creates their own sound as the album becomes a more exciting listen because of this. Atmospheric riffs drenched in epic doomy sounds with the band playing at a fast pace. This is perhaps my favourite song on the album as the band go for a very direct approach with their music as the riffs are played with sludge minded precision. Once again the drumming is superb through out as it gives Lumberjack Feedback a twisted nightmarish sound.

There’s nothing much different to say on the other 3 songs (Salvation, Dra Till Helvete and Mah Song (Horses Of God) on the album as they all follow the some creative path as the previous song – Imeremortal. Things do become slightly darker and progressive but the main structure is basically the same. That’s no bad thing as The Lumberjack Feedback prove they are worth giving a damn about. OK need more evidence, play the excellent track – Salvation – on full blast and wait for some heavy psych based sludge/post-metal riffs that can easily give Pelican a run for their money.

The album is superbly produced from start to finish and shows why Lumberjack Feedback is currently getting a great reputation within the Sludge/Post-Metal community. Fans of Instrumental Rock/Metal will find this album very hard to beat. Blackened Visions is an excellent album. Though I don’t think we’ve seen the real Lumberjack Feedback yet. As I feel that these guys will finally make a name for themselves on the next couple of albums they’ll hopefully release. The signs are very promising indeed with Blackened Visions.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Clawhammer PR for the promo. Blackened Visions will be available to buy on CD/DD from Jan 15th 2016 and Vinyl from Feb 15th 2016 through Kaotoxin Records.

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