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Picture Credit: Lunar Swamp Artwork: Steven Yoyada   Lunar Swamp - Moonshine Blues Release Date: July 02, 2021 Label: The Swamp Records / Clostridium Records / Burning Coffin Recs Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 35:38 Genre: Shamanic Doom Blues Origin: Catanzaro , Italy A bit over a year ago, Catanzaro's Shamanic Doom Blues trio Lunar Swamp released their first mini-album / EP " UnderMudBlues ". Now, their first full-length "Moonshine Blues" is out and available via The Swamp Records (CD), Clostridium Records (Vinyl), and Burning Coffin Recs (Chile). One can argue that the debut album is only eight minutes longer than the 2020 EP. But different to the previous release, "Moonshine Blues" is avalaible in all relevant physical formats. On six new tracks, Mark Wolf  (vocals, harp), S.M. Ghoul  (drums), and Machen  (guitars, cigar box guitar) embrace the night and the apocalypse. Their Shamanic Doom Blues is an honest worship of the forefa...

Picture Credit: Titanosaur   Titanosaur -  Inti Wañu Release Date: July 02, 2021 Label: The Swamp Format: Digital Length: 23:17 Genre: Stoner Punk / Stoner Metal Origin: Hudson , New York , USA The latest release " Messages " by Hudson's one-saurian-army is only seven months old, but Geoff Saavedra , also known as Titanosaur is already back with his EP "Inti Wañu". The title is the Quechuan word for "Sun Warrior" and describes Saavedra 's connection to his Ecuadorian roots, especially to his grandmother who is a direct descendant of the Inca. Like on the previous work, vocals, guitars, bass, and programming were done by Geoff Saavedra . Guest musicians are Anthony DiFiglio , who played the guitar solo on 'On the Run', and Froglord who contributed backing vocals and the lead guitar on 'Someone will come'. The sounds on "Inti Wañu" can be described as a brachial mix of Stoner Punk, Stoner Metal, and Stenchcore. Personally,...

Picture Credit: Froglord Artwork: Loudmouth Threads   Froglord - The Mystic Toad Release Date: July 02, 2021 Label: The Swamp Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 40:10 Genre: Sludge / Stoner Doom Origin: Bristol , England Straight out of the swamps, Bristol's one-frog-army is back with their second full-length album "The Mystic Toad". Only eight months after the first album " Amphibian Ascending ", the narrative of the amphibocene continues. The Froglord has not been inactive in the meantime, as this year a remastered version " The Froglord Cometh " and the charity EP " Save the Frogs " have been released as well. "The Mystic Toad" begins with the arrival of alien invaders from the planet Saturn. The Froglord who has achieved rule over planet Earth before, now has to defend his reign against the attackers. Learning that his powerful deathray is not effective against the Saturnians, the Froglord flees to the Amazon rainf...

Picture Credit: Blaise the Seeker Artwork: Steven Yoyada   Blaise the Seeker - Burning Wind Away Release Date: June 01, 2021 Label: The Swamp Format: CD / Digital Length: 42:34 Genre: Doom Metal / Sludge Origin: Austin , Texas , USA "Burning Wind Away" is the CD of the month June 2021 on The Swamp Records. It is the debut album by J Blaise Gans  and Mathew Doeckel , also know as Texan Doom duo Blaise the Seeker. Under the pseudonym Guided Meditation Doomjazz, Blaise the Seeker is well-known for their extraordinary social media content. Check the links on the bottom of the post to experience more. With their encouraging, empowering, mesmerizing content, Blaise the Seeker are definitely more than just a band. Behind this Doom and Sludge band there is versatile fictional character mirroring our society with all its flaws, chasms, and all its beauty. Focussing on the music, "Burning Wind Away" is a ten-track collection of anthemic, somewhat melodic, and atmospheric Slu...

Picture Credit: Bretus Artwork: DamianaMerante Art   Bretus - Magharia Release Date: May 07, 2021 Label: The Swamp (CD) / Overdrive (Vinyl) / Burning Coffin Recs (Tape) Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 42:42 Genre: Horror Doom Origin: Catanzaro , Italy Bretus from Catanzaro, Calabria stand for 21 years of doom, occult mysticism, and Lovecraft-like horror. Those ingredients make a perfectly cursed recipe - let us embrace the Horror Doom! Less than two years after the release of their album " Aion Tetra " and the re-issue of their selftitled debut , Bretus  are back with another thrilling soundtrack for the apocalypse. "Magharia",the name probably refers to a medieval Judaeo-Christian sect, also called the people of the caves who regarded Jesus of Nazareth as an angel whose existence was foreseen from the beginning of everything. Once again, Bretus come up to the name of their genre. The sound of "Magharia" combines elements of traditional ...

Picture Credit: The Swamp Records Artwork: Marinko Milosevski Dust Lord / Bog Wizard - Four Tales of the Strange Release Date: 05 March, 2021 Label: Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 35:40 "Four Tales of the Strange" is a four-track split featuring each two tunes by Coloado's Dust Lord and Michigan's Bog Wizard. The release is being distributed on 12'' vinyl, CD, tape, and as a digital version via California's The Swamp Records / Fuzzy Cracklins. A-Side: Dust Lord Length: 16:01 Genre: Stoner Metal / Doom Metal Origin: Colorado Springs (Colorado) , USA Peter , Spike  and  Rob are Dust Lord. On the two tracks 'Not Men, Not Women, Not Beasts' and 'Career Opportunities' they present some heavily raging and doomed Stoner Metal. Hoarse screaming accompanies the brutal soundscape that reminds of sludgy Doom à la Dopethrone. Dust Lord are spitting venom with a sound they call Party Doom. Four Tales of the...

Picture Credit: Bloodshot Buffalo Bloodshot Buffalo - Becoming Absence Release Date: 05 March, 2021 Label: Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Format: CD / Digital Length: 50:22 Genre: Psychedelic Doom Origin: Santa Rosa (California) , USA Bloodshot Buffalo is the solo project by Sheafer McOmber  whose eighth full-length album "Becoming Absence" was dropped via The Swamp Records today. McOmber  has recorded the drums, bass, guitars, vocals and plenty of hypnotizing effects on these nine tracks. The sound on "Becoming Absence" predominantly fits the gernes of Psychedelic Rock and Doom Metal. Nevertheless, Bloodshot Buffalo is maintaning a pretty high velocity that contradicts the sedative features of many Psychedelic Doom artists. This full-throttle Stoner Doom fits the imagery of motorbikes which McOmber  often uses in his music videos or cover artworks. I would hence call the music presented here steaming hot Psych Doom which tastes like burning rubber and plain cigarette...

Picture Credit: K.A.D.A.L K.A.D.A.L - Kadal Release Date: 05 March, 2021 Label: Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 29:30 Genre: Stoner Doom Origin: Yogyakarta , Indonesia "Kadal" means "lizard" and is the name of a band from Java that describes itself as Sabbath-worshipping doomed creatures. The quartet consists of guitarists Damianus Adam  and David Kusuma , drummer Lanno Joseph , and Steven Yoyada  on the bass. The latter might ring a bell since Steven  is also responsible for plenty of stunning psychedelic cover artworks. Kadal by K.A.D.A.L The EP on hand features two tracks, both of them around 15 minutes long. The music is defined by heavy and smoked-out Stoner Doom. Whenever one of the guitars absorbs itself from the scratchy foundation, sludgy leads create a heavy psychedelic atmosphere. The Sabbath is most certainly strong with K.A.D.A.L. The EP is definitely worth listening, despite the fact the burning wheels of Stoner, Slu...

  Time for another MangoSpecial ! This time, we're honouring the great work by Oakland's fantastic promo group and label Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Records . If you're keen on discovering heavy music from the swampy underground, you will love the output by Fuzzy Cracklins and The Swamp Records. Let's have a look on five of the most recent releases by The Swamp! 1. Swamp Thief - I (October 17, 2020 - Heavy Rock / Stoner Rock from Swansea, Wales) The Welsh duo creates a heavily rolling mix of oozy Desert and Heavy Rock. This is not your typical sedative Stoner Rock, this is doomed and stoned sound for overtaking lane. A full review of tis album was published last November and can be read here . 2. Electric Cult - The First Rite (January 29, 2021 - Stoner Doom / Sludge from Heroica Veracruz, Mexico) What a hammering powerload of smoked out Doom and Sludge! Electric Cult are the Rock'n'Rollers of Stoner Doom. Their first EP is hot as the flames of hell and heavy...

Picture Credit: Bretus   Bretus - Bretus Release Date: December 12, 2010, Re-Issue: November 11, 2020 Label: Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 26:15 Genre: Horror Doom Origin: Catanzaro , Italy Bretus' selftitled Mini CD was originally released in 2010. In 2014 actually, the first re-issue was produced. Now in 2020, we celebrate the tenteh anniversary of the Horror Doom debut from Italy. And it is another premiere, too. The re-release of "Bretus" is the first re-issue ever done by the label The Swamp Records. On five tracks Bretus play heavy Doom Metal driven by a sludgy psychedelic atmosphere. The second element defining the sound on this Mini CD is horror. You can hear in the opening track 'Sitting on the Grave' (video above). Bretus work with the tradition of bands like Samhain, The Other or Rezurex. Horror stories are the motor for both, the lyrics and the musical style. Doom Metal-wise, Bretus are rather traditional. Their soun...

  Picture Credit: Froglord Artwork: Steven Yoyada Froglord - Amphibian Ascending Release Date: November 06, 2020 Label: Fuzzy Cracklins / The Swamp Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 47:28 Genre: Doom Metal / Sludge / Stoner Metal Origin: Bristol , England My first encounter with Bristol's Froglord was on the amazing YouTube channel of 666MrDoom . I was astonished by the bizarre mix of Sludge, Doom Metal and frog costumes. I am even happier that on this Bandcamp Day I can pesent their first full-length release "Amphibian Ascending" to you. On the surface, Froglord's first album is an eight-track work of pitch black Doom Metal, Stoner Metal  and Sludge. But once you dig into it, you will realize that "Amphibian Ascending" is way more than just another doomed and stoned CD. But let's start with the music. Heavy Doom Metalr riffs stomp forward like a two-pound bullfrog approaching its prey. The swampy Blues motifs create a gloomy Sludge atmosphere à la...