Album Type:Album
Date Released:
April
11th
2014
Label:
Redfield Records
Insidious
Black Sea track listing:
01 Sleep
02 Get Murdered
03 Erdbeermund
04 Minds
05 You
06 Missing Times
07 Heat
Bio:
On
their debut-album “Insidious Black Sea” IRON WALRUS present
themselves as an incarnated Doom-/Sludge-/Noise-/Rock-Monster that
can’t and doesn’t want deny its musical foster-fathers ST. VITUS,
UNSANE, EYEHATEGOD, GOATSNAKE, HELMET and QUICKSAND. But at the same
time the band shows proof that music “that raises hell” not
necessarily has to originate from America or Scandinavia. Brutal
riffing, banging bass-hooks, driving drums and aggressive shouting –
that is IRON WALRUS.
Only
started in May 2013 and consisting of current members of
DAMPFMASCHINE, BROTHER LOVE KAIN, AGGRESSIVE AGE, ATOMIC PEAT,
PANZERHÖLLE, it was not the plan of the young team of old
professionals to approach things in a calm and relaxed way. After
just a short time, two demos appeared on Reverbnation, getting a
considerable amount of clicks and when the band shared the stage with
TORCHE and BIOHAZARD on their first show, it had everything except a
small and intimate atmosphere.
In
October 2013 IRON WALRUS had already enough songs written and
arranged to be able to enter the studio with Robin Völkert (DEAN
DIRG, UNION OF SLEEP, THE NOW DENIAL) and record “Insidious Black
Sea”. A couple of weeks and one album-recording later in November,
the band was back on stage with PENTAGRAM and UNION OF SLEEP to play
a couple of shows.
It
doesn’t have to be mentioned that such a racy and confident
appearance remains hidden for long and so it’s no wonder that
M.A.D. Tourbooking (NAPALM DEATH, CROWBAR, SICK OF IT ALL), a
reliable partner for the live-sector, was as quickly found as the
established label Redfield Records.
On
this fundament, the story of IRON WALRUS can be continued in 2014,
like it has begun in 2013: The debut-album “Insidious Black Sea”
will be released on April 11 and shows with CROWBAR are booked along
with an appearance on the legendary Rotormania Festival. No one
should miss this, because you can be assured: “Everyone who has
seen us live, definitely left the show with a diabolical smile on his
face.”
We’re
looking forward to a “sick-nasty” 2014!
The
Band Members
"Aufi"
- Vocals
"Schnalli"
- Drums
"Bene"
- Gitarre I
"Rudi
Milatz Schenker" - Gitarre II
"Der
Schmidt" - Bass
Review:
Now
here is one lean, mean and pissed off album drenched in ultra heavy
sludge/doom noise laiden riffage. Ladies and Gentlemen let me
introduce you to Iron Walrus. A band influenced by some pretty
legendary bands such as Saint Vitus, EYEHATEGOD and Unsane, so you
know you're in for a wild and dangerous ride.
First
track – Sleep – feels like a grenade going off in your hand.
Deadly, explosive and all round dangerous. It's a loud blast of
intense riffs that doesn't fuck about in re-writing the rule book of
dark and twisted Sludge Metal. It's a song with lead vocalist –
Aufi – telling you what to do with your sad and pathetic life. And
you will take notice. Though it's the heavy riffs that keeps you
transfixed on the music.
Second
Track – Get Murdered – is a short 2:20 minute punk hardcore blast
of fast paced Sludge riffs to get you into the mood. Don't expect any
slow paced moments as that isn't Iron Walrus style. The fury and
anger of the band are played at full force that makes it very hard
not to resist.
Though
it's the sinister and creepy as fuck 3rd track –
Erdbeermund – that will provide you with enough dark visions to
last a lifetime. Damn this voice-over is creepy as hell and Iron
Walrus have expertly blended it with some of the albums heaviest and
best sludge/doom based riffs. This song will leave you an emotional
wreck as the band crank up the tension with some eerie overtones that
comes from a sinister horror movie.
It's
back to less terrifying business with superbly played 4th
track – Minds – which starts off rather slowly and quietly before
Iron Walrus unleash the pain once again with some terrific crunching
and pounding riffs. It may bring back memories of early EYEHATEGOD
but that is no bad thing in my book. Iron Walrus add more creepy
sound-bytes amongst Aufi's tortured vocals.
The
album has 3 tracks left and they are superb hard-hitting tracks in
their own right but they can't match the intensity and horrifying
vision of the first half of the album. Though the later tracks show
that Iron Walrus know how to write a lean, mean sludge based
head-banging track that would go down a storm with the moshpit crowd.
All
in all, Insidious Black Sea is blast from start to finish. Embrace
these dark riffsters with open arms and you will be in for one hell
of a wild time.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Thanks
to Christian from Redfield
Records
for sending us a promo to review. Insidious
Black Sea will be available to buy on CD and Vinyl from April 11th
2014.
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