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SC 053LP
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"Eight years in the making, Santa Cruz, California's reclusive sons of tectonic riffage Mammatus return with Expanding Majesty, a sixty-nine minute magnum opus of kaleidoscopic guitars, soaring analog synths, wall-of-amps fuzz bass and one hundred feet drums. Four side-long pieces unfold across a double album in unstoppable riffs that span the meditative and joyful un-earthed flight of '70s kosmische godfathers like Popol Vuh and Tangerine Dream to the kinds of sub-surface thunder pioneered by Melvins and Sleep."
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HOLY 8516CD
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"Mammatus' second album The Coast Explodes straddles the line between psychedelia and hard rock while introducing more progressive aspects. The music is heavily influenced by both the power and complexity of the natural world and the ongoing battles of light and darkness. 'Excellent Swordfight' is a continuation of the same story told in the debut's 'Dragon of the Deep.' 'Pierce The Darkness' explores being a light in a dark world. 'The Changing Wind' is a pipe-led psychedelic folk tune that could have been cited by Ghost's Second Time Around and the shanga vibes of the forest in the autumn. It unfurls into the title track which encapsulates the massive fury of the ocean."
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