Stargo – Dammbruch

 

 

Stargo – Dammbruch
Self released – 2021
Rock, Stoner, Psych, Instrumental, Metal
Rated: *****

They hail from Dortmund, Germany and their debut album was released in June 2020 and called Parasight; and from that moment on the three from Stargo had a special place inside our hearts. Or at least my heart. Their debut felt like a long lost friend and one you could always turn to for succor and aid. Well, the three are back with Dammbruch and blows that debut straight out of the water. Starting with First Cracks, we get four parts on the Dammbruch Side A, the other three being: From An Eagle’s Eye, Dambreach and Drift In A Nutshell. It’s a definite statement and one hell of an instrumental psychedelic adventure. Often it feels like the three transport you to the magical sphere where the endless riffs will make you feel every inch of the building tension until the dam finally bursts. It’s a stealthy landmark of a Side A ever to be recorded on vinyl. The hypnotic groove second to none, the tale told majestic and the final Drift In A Nutshell; sublime bliss… And then there’s a Side B as well, where we find two tracks: Copter and Bathysphere. Copter, swinging and revolving boldly; offering no question mark where they got the title from. It’s like the Airwolf show tune it never had! Bathysphere, offers a more doom approach to heavy stoner, yet relentless and so seemingly effortlessly before returning to that Copter sound. Dammbruch is here to herald the Stargo flood, to let us know they’re something quite special. For in the face of so much, so many, the Stargo three manage to sound different, wholesome and like the perfect instrumental stoner flash flood!

(Written by JK)

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