woensdag 15 februari 2023

Earthbong – Proceed As One

 

 

Earthbong – Proceed As One
Self released – 2023
Metal, Doom
Rated: ****

We mentioned their One Earth, One Bong EP back in 2019. And we are saddened to our deepest core that we have to admit that we never got around to mentioning Bong Rites back when it was released in 2020. Especially since we are not the only ones that dig the German trio that go by the name of Earthbong! No, no, no, the one and only Mike Scheidt, who you might know from a little band called Yob has been shouting from every rooftop he can find how much he loves Earthbong. A “They’re like a Bongzilla, Sleep milkshake!” he exclaims with great relish! And he isn’t wrong. Especially when you dive headfirst into the new two song EP Proceed As One! Fourteen minute opening track Fathead starts off with a radio broadcast about drugs and the hallucinations they might induce. Before, the feedback starts howling and the riff begins its slow and heady march towards the swing and groove we know Earthbong can and will deliver. A rolling thundering landscape of riffs and thunderclap drums enfold. And it’s at the 4:20 mark when the bitter and bleak, black and burned vocals come in. Taking you on a circling dance, much like a giant beast, inspecting its prey, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. This section will return after that wild, electrifying guitar freakout and so will the radio broadcaster with its expose about all sorts of drugs. In the end they try and take the entire groove apart and it all becomes more like a death rattle, destroying a vicious song with a brutal and abrupt ending. The second track Wax, ups the ante when it comes to monstrous sound. Like a doom pile driving trio hitting the core of the earth, unknowingly opening a gateway to a demonic netherworld filled with deathly chants and filthy tones. Earthbong gives us two tracks, but those two tracks give you everything you need to get your fix and to dance around in an harrowing phantasmagoria…


(Written by JK)


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