“…once the gothic space-rock bass riff and tortured fuzz of ‘Golden Gate Of The Sun’ starts up, it’s hard to dispel visions of a pair of speed-freak psychonauts locked inside a very dark room, producing lightsucking noise. ‘Cyril The Fanatic’ is another headlong plunge into the void, the filthy chug of a nuclear-powered craft burning a path through the cosmos. But the best track here is the extended ‘Cries Of Hypatia’, ambient feedback and a slow beat joined by a glowering choir of voices, building towards an impressively monumental climax.”
I have knelt at the altar of Anunnaki before, but they surprised me here, experimenting with some different directions and uncommon approaches on this new music. The Golden Gate Of The Sun fires off with punk spirit, ignited by speedy drumming and an upbeat tempo. Standout cut Cyril, The Fanatic leads with atmospherics that blend into proto-metal drumming and the final track, The Cries Of Hypatia, builds on a 7min ambient drone slowly morphing into what we know Anunnaki for: a cacophonous wall of kosmiche synth, rumbling doom and booming distortion. Unique efforts from a very unique band.
This sucks black metal at trippy jams the world is indeed screwed ps the drums blow.
I don’t hear black metal (which I can’t stand). Sounds like occult psychedelic doom to me.
There own bandcamp page calls them black metal.
Their Bandcamp page can say anything – doesn’t mean it’s true. But then again, they list “doom”, “psychedelic” and “stoner” as well.
I’m pretty sure that bandcamp asked them to describe themselves when they made the paige. That’s what they do. Doom psych and stoner black metal. Trippy jams seem so far away from your last post. Hope you can get back home.
If by “last post” you mean Halloween special, sure enough, death-themed post featuring doom metal will be far from typical trippy jam material. This Anunnaki post however fits the bill with freak-out psychedelia edging on more heavier side of the rock isle. I suspect you’re no fan of (doom) metal but it was already featured in the blog before (Anunnaki, Bong, Temples). No worries: trippy jam is alive and well.
Thanks for the reassurance. Long live trippy jams.