Hypnosaur – Doomsday

 

 

Hypnosaur – Doomsday
Revenge Of The Bat Records – 2022
Rock, Stoner, Punk, Seventies, Nineties
Rated: ****

I love being completely surprised by a band and an album when you put the needle on the vinyl for the very first spin. And we were thoroughly startled by our first moments of the Doomsday record. We had not expected Hypnosaur to come bursting out of the gates like a Ghost inspired, you know, imploring as much Abba as Blue Oyster Cult influences into your heavy music as possible, kind of band. But title track Doomsday is just that, grand gestures, giant orchestration, and gigantic hooks. Infusing that early Ghost sound, with what Ghost turned to themselves as well lately, namely the very best eighties rock and metal had to offer. And then those little guitar fills and drum parts, flourishes with all the bells (even literally) and whistles. What an opening track! Founded in Warsaw around 2017, Hypnosaur is made up out of four highly accomplished musicians, so it seems, especially since they then follow the opening track with this fast driving, high energy, stonerrock and nineties alternative track called The Hole. Showing these two sides of Hypnosaur this fast, opens up the entire record for even more poppy punk songs like On The Run (Bang Bang) or catchy radio friendly, highly melodic rock in Desert Tornado and something slow and psychedelic called Follow / Shadow. Heart of Stone seems inspired by the roads The Cult or Velvet Revolver might choose for a song. Final tenth track Huisuke is an instrumental, danceable, keys driven rock track that once again showcases the variety these four cats can excel at. But after learning they already earned their rock spurs with bands like Jane Doe, Saint Hex, Toxxxik Flash and The Assblasters it becomes obvious that the Hypnosaur four will have no trouble pulling off whatever rock route they choose. One does come to the conclusion after having the Doomsday album on repeat for a week or two, that those tracks that remind you of that Ghost sound, do sound best. And therefore, title track Doomsday and They Come Out At Night will definitely be our favorites. But ever so often you need some filthy, fast paced rock, and then you can turn to Godfucker and speed your car towards the horizon… On our way to some future Doomsday!

(Written by JK)

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