Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 20/07/2020
Label: Independent
“Amygdala” DD//LP track listing:
1).
Medusa’s Spell
2).
Amygdala
3).
All I Want
4).
Dirty Thoughts
5).
Dreamland
6).
Love To My Enemy
The Review
Slow Green Thing is an apt name
for these stoner doomers from Dresden, Germany. The opening squall of “Medusas
Spell” gives way to a loping groove and some great riffs. It's
stoner/doom/rock/metal with clean vocals and a very laid-back vibe.
This
is the band's fourth release (third full length) and they sound tight and
assured via the organic production and strong material. The riffs are huge, the
drums are creative and well phrased, and everything seems to fit nicely. It is not
so far away from Sleep,
perhaps, with its jamming inclinations and spacey, ethereal vocals.
Of
course, there is nothing under six minutes long over the six tracks on offer
here- but why would there be. This is all about volume and vibing riffage. From
the title track through to speedy/dynamic tracks like “Dirty Thoughts” and
epic work like “Dreamland”, this is huge and weighty but not aggressive-
more insistent and attritional.
The
opening of “All I Want” took me back to Alabma Thunderpussy's “Fulton Hill”
2004 album- it shares a certain similarity- but Slow Green Thing make their sound their own
enough to carve out a distinct identity somewhere between Sleep and a slowed down
Soundgarden.
The
album finishes strongly with “Love to My Enemy”- it's a string record
throughout and has much to admire. If you like your stoner and are looking for
a band you haven't heard that is different but has plenty of the old gods
within, this is the band for you. Majestic and mighty, this one sounds exactly
how you want it to, based on the band name.
“Amygdala” is available HERE
