What
can I say. This double vinyl record by our local Copenhagen stoner-70s rock
band Fuzz Manta just blew me completely away… Here is a band that was bold
enough to take a major leap of faith with its fans and create a fantastic and
unique piece of music that is unlike anything the band has done before.. Very
fresh, exciting and gripping in nature.. The record starts off with the over 30
min Epic, Stonewolf track, which is split over sides A and B and in 7 parts.
Queen of Sorrow starts the Stonewolf journey with a cool synthesizer line
before the organ slowly fills the soundscape as the drum and bass keep a steady
groove. When Freddy comes in with the guitar it reminds me a bit of the Faith
Healer by the Sensational Alex Harvey band. Lene starts to sing after about 3
mins. Freddy plays some really spacey guitar all the way to when the sort of
croaking toads ends and the beginning of the part II called The Seal, which
starts with a cool organ (panned to the right) and a more hard rocking track
kicks in, where they want you to go see the Stonewolf as the band go into
psychedelic rock and Freddy rips it up! Man’s Ache starts off with a cool riff
and guitar and Jonas lays down the nice bass line while Pelle keeps the groove
steady on the drums. Legend of the Stonewolf is the last part on side A and
Freddy plays some psyched out guitar as this part starts. Intense track. Side B
starts with Timewarp, and this track features an organ solo by Mogens (The
Univerzals, Øresund Space Collective), who briefly played with the band in 201T
different after the last intense and psychedelic track. Nice bluesy solo by
Freddy. The Journey is a really trippy instrumental track with a lot of keyboards
and synthesizer. The Epiloque closes out the amazing Stonewolf track… The next two sides feature 6 new tracks, only
one had I heard before. Sooner or later starts things off, in a real riff rock
track with a slow smooth groove and almost doomy riff at times and some nice
guitar parts and the occasional organ and very psyched out section before the
kind of Robin Trower like ending. Baby in Vain, is one the band had been
playing live before they had an extended live break and is an uptempo track
with an intense organ at times.. Clearly, a real rock and roll party track! Mindtcadet
features some great bass lines and dynamics before getting quite psychedelic
again with a cool wah guitar solo and strange synthesizer line each panned to
the sides. Side D starts off with When I Sleep. This has a lot of really cool
guitar parts and Lene’s voice sounds amazing on this expressive track. Marble
Queen starts with some spacey guitar stuff and develops from dreamy parts to a
70s Spanish prog movie music state and back.. Far out song.. but I liked it. Land
of Sleep brings back the heavy rock and groove. This record is just fantastic.
So many cool music elements and just cool song after cool song. Probably the best album from Denmark so far in 2014...
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