LP WO FAT

Noche Del Chupacabra

Limited Edition Of  400 Copies In Black Vinyl

 

Country Of release: Germany 2011

Label: Nasoni

Catalogue number: NR 104

Barcode: 4260107841401

Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes

Includes Insert

 

Condition Record: Mint

Condition Cover: Mint

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

 

Tracks Side 1:

1. Bayou Juju (7:26)

2. Descent Into The Maelsrom (8:20)

3. Common Ground (6:41)

 

Tracks Side 2:

1. Phantasmagoria (7:49)

2.  Noche Del Chupacabra (15:05)

 

Listen At YouTube:

( ) Starting with two colossal beasts in "Bayou Juju"  and "Descent into the Maelstrom" the first 16 minutes of the album is over-flowing with swirling, psychedelic jam-rock brilliance. Guitarist/vocalist Kent Stump getting the most out of pulsating riffs and furious solo work while bassist Tim Wilson and drummer Michael Walter are tightly locked into a sonic groove that seems loose and incredibly tight at the same time. What Wo Fat achieve here is the ability to make fairly long songs seem short via the use of infectious riffs and  free-flowing arrangements that could easily be like a one-take live performance. The shortest track on "Noche del Chupacabra" still clocks in at 6:41 but still has the feel of a 3 minute catchy tune, that track is "Common Ground" and it's the most straight-forward of the 5 tunes but it still gives Stump plenty of room to exercise his guitar flourishes that sound so completely natural. The band are not really doing anything different from what they did on previous albums except expanding on a sound - taking it to new levels of sonic virtuosity and I get the hunch what you are hearing here is the sound of Wo Fat at the absolute peak of their powers. Everything is pushed up a notch higher, whether it be the fuzzy sound of the guitar or the flawless blend of cool songwriting and jammy free-form live atmosphere.


Four tracks in and you have a track like "Phantasmagoria"which highlights how the band is so tightly hooked in with each other, it features one of the jaw-dropping moments of the album where the band strike a groove that on the one hand blows you away and on the other gives you one of spine-chilling rock moments that makes grin from ear to ear. It is the remarkable infectious song-writing coupled with the jamming vibe that gives this its strength. Wo Fatavoid  the usual clichés and yet embrace them at the same time by putting their own mark on a well-used jam-rock formula. Of course an album like this needs an epic to round out proceedings and they do it with the 15 minute title track. This monster of a tune starts as a sprawling jam that slowly unwinds and twists and turns in different directions and rather than just repeating what has already been played on the album, they bring in extra percussion and a more tripped out guitar sound giving it a unique place on the album. It all cruises along nicely till an extra dose of fuzz is unleashed about 10 minutes in, this is again one of those rock moments that make you scream FUCK YEAH with approval. You get so lost within the grooves in this song that if never feels like 15 minutes as just passed you by and when it ends, it is almost like a disappointment because you want it to keep on going. Thus ends an incredible recording in stoner-groove-jam rock history. Many people will declare that Wo Fat have arrived with"Noche del Chupacabra" but I thought they already did that 2 years ago with "Psychedelonaut" so I guess you could say, they have arrived and now they have moved into your mind-set and wont leave you alone ever again.

If this album doesn't push the band's status from local Texan stoner metal heroes to international stoner-metal gods I think might as well give up on reviewing all together. I could shoot my mouth off for another paragraph or two on how good this album is but at the end of the day it is up to you to prove me wrong. Now the big question is, can any band do an album better than this in 2011, I seriously doubt it ! ............10+/10 (doommantia.com)

Kent Stump - Vocals, Guitar
Tim Wilson - Bass
Michael Walter - Drums

 

Versand innerhalb Deutschland  (versichert mit GLS - generell innerhalb von 24 Stunden)  5,00 Euro

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