MAMMATUS

soderle der freund "zufall" hat mir mal wieder ein schönes geschenk bereitet. es handelt sich hier um mammatus eine mir völlig unbekannte band aus den staaten, geboten wird sehr kiffiger psychodelischer zum teil black sabbath lastige musik mit anständig effekt auf den klampfen( ... ich liebe es ... um mal diesen werbeslogan mal zu missbrauchen hehe) das ganze liegt irgendwo zwischen sleep/om/doors/bs/70´usw. koole mischung könnte glad als filmusik zu nen drogenstreifen durchgehn. der gesang erinnert mich total an Ozzy was der sache aber gut zu gesicht steht. für das coverartwork ist ein gewisser Arik Moonhawk Roper verantwortlich der auch schon arbeiten für ehg high on fire oder bongzilla beigesteuert hat. auf der myspace seite kann man sich 3 aktuelle titel von der neuen ep ziehen (inwiefern die vollständig sind weiß ich nicht aber zum antesten langen die allemal) also haltet euch ran solange der vorrat reicht.
http://www.myspace.com/mammatus

There is a town named Corralitos in the southern corner of Santa Cruz county that boasts the world's greatest sausage company as its only establishment of note. These sausages as well as the wealth of natural beauty found in the surrounding mountains, trees, rocks, and pristine valleys fuel the minds and bodies of four local dudes who call themselves Mammatus. Taking their name from the heaviest cloud found on our home planet, Mammatus harness instruments and amplifiers with the brave intent of transforming the natural beauty and massive fury that lies in the earth into acoustic energy. Using crude, self taught methods of instrumentation, they bang away for long periods of time employing ridiculously heavy riffs paired with harrowing widdly wah your face off guitar wankery, brain bending electric noodling, and ogre-esque drum bashing. Faintly through the haze a tale is told, the tale that never ends, of wizards and dragons, of swords and trees and mountains and fire. Of earth. Mammatus formed in the beginning of 2005 and played their first show at the silent planet in Corralitos on March 20. Since then they have played extensively in living rooms and dive bars in Santa Cruz, opened for more reputable bands in San Francisco, and toured the United States scraping for change. Along the way their performances have left many a dude and dudette with sore necks. In the spring of 2005 with no money and no label Mammatus recorded four songs in their makeshift garage studio using some cheapo computer junk. After jamming everything live, laying down some solos and vocals, and running everything back through the amps in the reverberant room multiple times, they came out with some righteous tunes clocking in at just under an hour. The Hawkwindy whoopdiedoos, Sabbathy riffering, and Sleepy feedback drones attracted the attention of Holy Mountain records in San Francisco and Rocket Records in the UK, who both released their self titled debut album on March 28, 2006. The artwork was done by the mighty Arik Moonhawk Roper and it looks like this.....