Album
Type:
Album
Date
Released:
25th
February 2015
Label:
Taxi Driver Records
Satori
Junk – S/T – Track Listing
1.T.T.D. 08:10
2.Spooky Boogie
08:26
3.Monsters 09:23
4.Shamaniac 09:03
5.Blessed Are The
Bastards 05:34
6.Ritual 09:19
7.Lord Of The Pigs
09:18
8.Queen Ant Jam
11:25
Bio
Year 2012. Satori Junk
was born in Milan (Italy) among the dense fog and the smoke of the
urban waste landfills. Four members: guitar, bass, drums, vocals &
synth. An acid cocktail full of fuzz and electronics. The music is
inspired by the typical sonorities of cult bands as Black Sabbath and
Electric Wizard.
Rough sounds,
repetitive and loud overwhelming riffs and lyrics coming from dreams,
hangover nightmares and horror movie atmospheres. There is no claim
to create something innovative. The band's main idea is to trap the
listener in their rabid and uncomfortable distorted world.
Band
Members
Luke - Vocals /
Synth
Chris - Guitars
Lorenzo - Bass
Max - Drums
Alessandro - Roadie
& Merch-man
Review:
Satori
Junk is a band that could only ever come from the Italian Metal Scene
as Italian bands have a different perspective compared to other
countries when it comes to music. I've noticed over the last few
years that Italian Sludge/Stoner Metal bands are the most adventurous
and ones are willing to take more risks with their to music to sound
different to everyone else.
Though
that brings me to Satori Junk - an intriguing and exciting band who
blends Sludge, Stoner, Space Rock, Fuzz, and Doom with a huge amount
of Drone to impress you with. Their S/T debut album is one weird and
trippy musical odyssey where the band will confuse and frustrate many
while entertaining a whole lot more within the Sludge/Stoner Metal
world. Opening track - TTD - is an experimental force of nature with
the band showing people what their sound is all about. Drone based
vocals with layers of distorted Fuzz is the main driving force with
far-out there psych Sludge/Stoner style riffs with the band playing
some heavy Doom Metal carnage with a sense of originality to boot as
well. When Satori Junk add a 60s style piano into the mix, your
musical senses will go into overdrive with sheer joy and excitement.
Satori Junk say heck to convention as Satori Junk play by their own
rules.
Second
track - Spookie Boogie - is a very creepy affair with noises and
sounds combining with Doom and Gloom atmospherics giving you another
exciting dark tale to play at full blast. This song is a very bass
heavy affair and the vocal delivery is simply stunning at times. The
album is very psychedelic and should appeal to fans of Church of
Misery, Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard. This album is runs for an
epic listen at 71 minutes or so. Some of the songs run from 8 mins to
almost 12 mins in length. So if you dig Progressive Sludge/Stoner
Metal songs then this album will appeal to you. As I said before it's
very experimental as the band aren't afraid to throw in a jazz-rock
beat-down here and there.
Though
it's the louder Sludge/Stoner Metal riffs that are the main draw here
especially on 3rd track - Monsters. A superb track that ranks as one
of the albums standout tracks. The vocals will take a while to get
used to as they have quite a distorted effect and a feeling the
vocals are being projected from another time or dimension. You will
understand when you hear the album. Though it works for the context
of the whole album as Satori Junk impress through out. It's good that
they have written epic songs compared to shorter songs as it gives
the band more time to build more heavy atmospherics for their overall
sound to work.
Volume
is the key for Satori Junk and they need a lot of time and space to
build upon that sound. When everything comes together, the album
becomes a very exciting place to be and you're part of the action.
Fourth Track - Shamaniac - is another crazy ride into the unknown
which opens with another creepy soundbyte before some inspired Church
Of Misery guitar worship appears and these psychedelic rockers put
your entire body through another round of heavy punishing slow-paced
riffs. Yeah this album is a challenging album to listen to at times
but at least Satori Junk has the courage to release something epic
and different to anybody else.
I
will be here all day if I start reviewing all of the albums 8 songs
but the first 4 songs will tell you what to expect for the rest of
the album. Crazy, experimental, progressive, psychedelic,
Sludge/Stoner Metal riffs that will test your patience to the limit
though you will justly be rewarded with a real satisfying experience
you will find very hard to beat. Wait until you experience the final
two songs - Lords Of The Pigs and Queen Ant Jam - which ranks as the
best 20 minutes of the album. This is where the band go for broke and
impress you with more superb droned out vocals and even crazier &
heavier riffs to match. It brings this epic album to an almighty
finish. This isn't an album for the casual listener.
This
is an album for people who like to be challenged and work hard for
their musical rewards. I loved it mainly for it's crazy nature and
how the band are willing to take risks and succeed at every turn.
This is a must have album. Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Thanks
to Sara from Taxi Driver Records for the promo. Satori Junk S/T debut
album is now available to buy from Taxi Driver Records.
Words
by Steve Howe
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