The planets have aligned, and space itself has opened up to grace us with the heavy roll of BLACK ELEPHANT's "Seven Swords".
The Italian four-piece fuzzmongers mark 10 years of cooperative corporeal existence in 2020 and last checked in from their native Savona in Summer 2018 with the aptly-titled "Cosmic Blues", read about it here! and two years and an entire lifetime later they're back with the second collection of classic-minded heavy groovers, picking the best the '70s, '90s and '10s had to offer in riffery and melding spacey blowouts with desert-hued hooks.
"Seven Swords" is a well made album, the production is really nice, perfectly of the fatness is the bass line and the drums and the fuzziness and a glorious scream in the guitars makes the music very enjoable.
From the solid album opener "Berta’s Flame" that takes your hand with a firm grip, throws you into a cosmic universe that you float around in and feel the rythms tickles your body and you almost lose consciousness until "The Last March Of Yokozuna" takes over with it's gentle guitar which caresses your senses so incredibly beautifully. The heaviness is back when it's time to gear up in "Yayoi Kusama", fuzzy distorted guitar and the Italian vocals sets a great touch on this number. It's wandering further on half pace in "Mihara" with some attacks of melodic and stylish guitars. "Red Sun And Blues Sun" increases the pace a few steps. The blusey rocker "Seppuku" gives the record another face, cool. The near-nine-minute album closer "Govinda" ends this thirty four minutes cosmic trip. "Seven Swords" is a great fuzzy psychedelic rock album that suits all Heavy rockers out there.
Sum: Ready for some cosmic fuzz, then "Seven Swords" it is entirely in your home area.
"Seven Swords" was released August 21, 2020 on Small Stone Records. Recorded and mixed by Giulio Farinelli. Recorded at Green Fog Studio, Genoa, Italy. Mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs, Ann Arbor, MI. Cover and Design by Robin Gnista.
BLACK ELEPHANT is:
Alessio Caravelli: guitar and vocals
Massimiliano Giacosa: guitar
Marcello Destefanis: bass
Simone Brunzu: drums
Today's tune "Berta's Flame" is taken from "Seven Swords", enjoy!
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