By: Victor Van Ommen
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 22/09/2017
Label: Supernatural Cat |
Neurot
Recordings
The time
signatures will still have you scratching your head and the chugging rhythms
are no less heady as they are pummeling. The choice to structure songs rather
than to orchestrate them means that the ideas unfold quicker than what we’re
used to. A totally different listening experience, sure, but it’s one that
offers yet another opportunity to throw some quality, heavy psychedelic doom on
the turntable.
“8” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1.
Babel
2. Warsheep
3. Zodiac
4. Fatum
5. Prismaze
6. Core
7. Wombdemonium
8. Psyrcle
2. Warsheep
3. Zodiac
4. Fatum
5. Prismaze
6. Core
7. Wombdemonium
8. Psyrcle
The Review:
This time out, Ufomammut just let it
flow. Where “Eve” and “Oro” focused on a huge sound and
concept, the follow up “Ecate” tried
to bring things back to something resembling normalcy. It failed, which in the
case of “Ecate” was fantastic,
because Ufomammut still own that crushing tone
they’ve trademarked.
With the release of “8,” Ufomammut have tried once again to
bring things back home. This new record focuses on the strength of individual
songs. Sure, some of these tracks are produced in such a way that they feed
into each other, but this is the first time since about 2010’s “Eve,” that any single song can be
plucked from the album’s playlist as a standalone specimen of what Ufomammut is.
So what is Ufomammut? Well, if
it’s chaotic, strobe like synths you’re looking for while a thick, aggressive riff
bears down at you, look no further than “Core.”
If what you’re looking for is a strangely timed, crunchy riff that hints at
being catchy, then “Fatum” is a good
place to ignite the rockets. “Warsheep”
and “Zodiac” provide the rolling
march that Ufomammut has gotten so damn good at, so
tune into these two cuts if that’s what whets your whistle.
Don’t be fooled, this song-based Ufomammut
is not any sort of light version of the band. They’re not phoning it in,
they’re displaying a different approach to their brand of heavy, one that
they’ve spent years mastering. The time signatures will still have you
scratching your head and the chugging rhythms are no less heady as they are
pummeling. The choice to structure songs rather than to orchestrate them means
that the ideas unfold quicker than what we’re used to. A totally different
listening experience, sure, but it’s one that offers yet another opportunity to
throw some quality, heavy psychedelic doom on the turntable.
