Fuzz Manta – The Stonewolf

Fuzz Manta – The Stonewolf
Bilocation Records/ Kozmik Artifactz – 2013
Rock, Hard, Prog, Seventies, Psych, Kraut
Rated: ***

 

Looking for a something hefty, grand and majestic to sink your teeth in? Look no further. For Fuzz Manta has delivered one gigantic piece of art that feels in touch with something mystical and earthy at the same time. It is called The Stonewolf and it features eight tracks and lasts for more than an hour and eleven minutes. And the first two parts alone which are called The Stonewolf Part 1 & 2 add up to 34 minutes of avant-garde psychedelic hard rock with overtones of progressive seventies influences and hippiesque kraut rock inspirations. The four Danes go overboard on these two tracks to make sure you feel overwhelmed and completely in shock. It takes the rest of the album to recuperate and get grounded once again. And thanks to damn fine obscure sounding psychedelic rockers like Mind Reader and My Baby In Vain you will touch down and feel whole again. In the end the record serves as a highly melodic and extremely seductive musical painting full of Day-Glo colors. The vintage sounding Stonewolf howls and will hunt you down and devour you whole!

 

(Written by JK)

 

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Shivas Nat – Hard To Breathe

Shivas Nat – Hard To Breathe

Bilocation Records / Kozmik Artifacts – 2013

Rock, Psych, Seventies

Rated: ***

The Danish foursome Shivas Nat was formed late 2011 and consists of Patrick Lykke Heinsoe (ex-Highway Child) on guitar/vocals and Aleksander Trap-Jensen on drums, Morten Clod-Svensson (ex-Fuzz Manta) on bass and Bjorn Sunesen (Willow’s Tale) on organ and second guitar. Their debut effort Hard To Breathe moves from seventies inspired psychedelic blues rock and garage effortlessly into acid infused soundscapes and far out jam based extravaganzas. They want to move and they want to expand your mind. It’s time for the lava lamps to come out and its time to flower blouses out as well. It’s bluesy, it’s emotive and it sounds like it’s all happening. So get on board, tune in and freak out!

(Written by JK)

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