Greenstone – Rise of Rysy

 

 

Greenstone – Rise of Rysy
Self released – 2023
Instrumental, Stoner, Metal
Rated: ***

We mentioned their very first release, the three track Triglaw from 2019 but then kind of lost track of these fellow countrymen. We’re talking about the Greenstone trio from Arnhem, Netherlands. But they are back now with another five-track released called Rise Of Rysy. On it they continue their journey through the instrumental, stoner and metal landscape. Darker and denser than their earlier EP, the five tracks still retain that masterful groove and a bit of those psychedelic touches. Cosmic noises, reminding of krautrock attitudes propel in the background, giving rhythms a salutary amount of thrust, especially on second track Peripheral Gaze. Opener Psychosomatic Disorder was much too doom for that, although the playfulness when it comes to rhythm changes gave that composition propulsion as well, slowly building it all up to become this gigantic mountain. Imminent Darkness seems to combine the two main ingredients used for those earlier tracks, adds some colorful snippets and some highly infectious bass work. Which continues in Hambone Maiximus, bass work extraordinaire and that wailing guitar that just glides and slides across that solid foundation, leaving the new drummer Chris Ariëns to provide a very quiet background touch, until he finally gets to let some of his energy out as well, in that explosive galactical end section. Final track Soundscapes For The Deaf might be the most in line with their earlier release, spacey, psychedelic meandering combined with that seminal grinding sound and stomping beat like a Moloch’s dancing ground. And just like that Rise Of Rysy ends with sounds of approaching danger, and a bit of a deep dive through and extrapolation of how chaos might resonate through dark and musty caves…

(Written by JK)

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