Album Type:Album
Date Released:
Jan 31st
2014
Label:
Self
Released
Mountain -
track listing:
1.Down 07:37
2.Vultures 06:58
3.Snakes 10:09
4.Sins 09:20
5.Vengeance 08:27
6.Mountain 10:29
The
Band Members
Mink
Koops: Drums, Guitars
Wilmar
Timmerman: Bass, Vocals, Guitars
Review:
I
originally featured Bong Breaker back in Aug 2012 when I reviewed
their excellent demo release. I knew back then this band would
release an awesome debut album.
Well
18 months later – Bong Breaker – have returned with Mountain. A
stunning 54 minute opus combining Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal to
great effect. Though I am sad to say that Bong Breaker are no more as
the sadly split on the day this album was released. But what a
brilliant album they have left behind.
As
like the album name suggests, the songs are EPIC and GIGANTIC in
scope and nature. It's hard to believe that a two-man band recorded
this as these guys play epic riffs that you would expect to hear from
a four man band. And that is testament to Bong Breaker's vision and
talent they can make the simplest of riffs sound ever so loud.
First
track – Down – is the perfect introduction to show you what this
band are all about. Blazing riffs and vocals combining for an all out
Doom/Stoner Metal thunderous attack that will have you hooked from
the very first riff. Mink on drums is on fire here. It feels he is
hitting the drums with a lead pipe as the drumming has enough power
to knock you out. Wilmar on Bass/Guitar duties lays down some
impressive riffs that gives the band a delicious and violent psych
edge that makes the album even more irresistible
Second
Track – Vultures – carries on the hazy vision from Down with
Wilmar singing his heart out about how bad life can be. But the main
focus of the music is once again the Doom/Stoner Metal riffs as Bong
Breaker bring the fuzz to the party. This is a track where the Bass
Guitar is king as Wilmar plays like an out of control madman on bass
and it feels like an earthquake going off in your stereo. Play this
track LOUD to get the full effect though the band have included some
quiet tender riffs before unleashing more heavy pounding damage onto
the world.
Up
next is my one of my fave tracks on the album – Snakes – is a
more slower affair compared to the previous tracks as Snakes shows
the more progressive rock side to Bong Breaker's music but they still
include some long epic Doom/Stoner Metal riffs to get your teeth
stuck into.
Bong
Breaker now leave the best riffs for the second part of the album as
the next 29 minutes is where the album goes into overdrive with the
band on brilliant form through out. The last 3 tracks - Sins,
Vengeance and Mountain show why Bong Breaker will be sadly missed as
they fuse highly emotionally charged lyrics with riffs that will stay
with you for days.
Bong
Breaker leave no stone unturned in playing huge slabs of riffs that
will leave you in an emotional state especially on SINS. A powerful
track indeed which shows Bong Breaker at their most vulnerable though
still emotionally unstable with the dangerous riffs that awaits you.
I
have to say the two final tracks – Vengeance and Mountain – are
my fave tracks off the album as it's 20 minutes of perfect
head-banging material. This is the part of the album that Bong
Breaker turn into a very dangerous beast indeed as their music
becomes rather sinister especially with the vocals and lyrics on
Vengeance. It's a stark contrast to the earlier tracks but it's the
band's Doom Metal vibe finally to claim your soul with...
Mountain
is a brilliant album you need in your life right now. It's a stunning
hybrid of Psych Rock, Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal that has became a
firm favourite with the Sludgelord Team.
If
Bong Breaker never do get back together (which is a real shame if
they don't), then they have left behind a truly brilliant and
original album we will remember them by.
Mountain
is available to buy from BandCamp now.
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