Album Type:Album
Date Released:
March
24th
2014
Label:
Sel Released
Climbing The Colossus - track
listing:
1.I 00:41
2.Orcan 04:58
3.II 00:18
4.Asteroid 03:40
5.Seven 07:05
6.III 00:43
7.Path 07:47
8.Stalagmites 07:08
9.Monolith 06:39
10.IV 00:40
11.Fomalhaut 09:38
12.V 00:54
Bio:
SUNNATA
emerged in 2008 within rising underground of warsaw stoner rock and
doom scene. Since then, band proved it’s quality at numerous live
performances at biggest stoner/doom/psychedelic festivals, e.g.
Desertfest Berlin (Germany), Days Of The Ceremony (Poland) or
Robustfest (Ukraine) and shared stage with local and foreign
stoner/doom acts like Sungrazer, Suma or Karma To Burn, just to name
a few.
2014
is the year of SUNNATA’s long-awaited full length album entitled
‘CLIMBING THE COLOSSUS’, which is an exploration of impermanent
nature of sound, full of rapid changes and distortion overdose.
The
Band Members
SZY
- v., g.
GAD
- v., g.
DOB
- b.
ROB
- d.
Review:
Sunnata
formerly known as Satellite Beaver have finally delivered their
eagerly awaited debut album – Climbing The Colossus – and it is a
strange sounding album indeed. Parts Stoner Metal, Doom, Sludge and
Industrial based Noise that gives this album extra added menace.
Sunnata
have delivered a very powerful and quite dark album packed with a lot
of groove. It is not the most straight forward of Sludge/Stoner Metal
albums to listen to as the album makes you work for your musical
reward. However, if you stick with it you will richly be rewarded
with a refreshing take on the Sludge/Stoner Metal genre.
Sunnata
pull out all of the stops of adding industrial based noise to their
music. 2nd track – Orcan – shows you what this album is all
about. Distorted noises and vocals combining for one trippy ride.
This album has an epic industrial noise feel to it and it instantly
draws you into Sunnata’s violent world, which you may find very
hard to escape from
Other
great tracks to check out are Seven, Path and Stalagmites open this
dark world onto a grander scale as Sunnata continue to impress on
every level. Guitars feel like out of control chainsaws rounding your
soul into submission. Imagine a darker and more twisted version of
Kyuss partying with the devil in the legendary hot desert sun. And
that is what is in store for you on this excellent album.
The
main tracks range from 7 mins to 9 mins in length. So if you like
epic Sludge/Stoner Metal riffs then you are going find much to admire
here. The songwriting is superb through out, as Sunnata have written
some crazy as fuck lyrics to match the fast-paced violent riffage,
which drives this album to its hard-hitting conclusion.
The
vocals actually give the atmosphere a sense of impending doom that
the entire world is going to end. Sunnata are really doing something
special here. This album is getting a lot of buzz from the
Sludge/Stoner Metal scene and it is not hard to see why.
Climbing
The Colossus will have you coming back for more punishment over and
over again. It’s a harsh, violent and equally addictive album with
riffs to die for. Satellite Beaver may be dead but long live SUNNATA.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Thanks
to Mona at Platinum PR for sending us a copy to review. Climbing The
Colossus is available to buy on CD/DD from BandCamp now.
Check
the Band from Links Below
Written
by Steve Howe
