Komatsu – A Breakfast For Champions
Heavy Psych Sounds – 2025
Rock, Metal, Stoner, Sludge
Rated: *****
Komatsu are here to feed you mighty riffs and warm fuzzy delights, after all breakfast is the most important meal of the day! ‘A Breakfast For Champions’ is a hearty affair, substantially filled with all of the nourishment you hungry heavy rock fiends can handle. Ok, I’m sure everyone that’s reviewed the album has gone the same route so from here on out we’ll try to bypass all the analogies and morning cuisine references. Maybe, but no guarantees.
The band’s fifth outing sees them progressing while keeping possession of what made us fall in love with Komatsu in the first place. How could they ever leave behind those endless grooves that just get your head moving? Or abandon those thick crunchy riffs we all adore? Or retire from the more dramatic oriented interludes and melodies? Well, they don’t. These are not only qualities of Komatsu but also their identity. So true to form these aspects are all present in spades on ‘A Breakfast For Champions’. Part of the band’s more recent development is the fact that they are now a three-piece but make no mistake, this has not deterred the band nor slowed them down. Not in the least. Perhaps they have even more to prove.
Hopefully you’ve already heard the first two singles of the album, if not what could you possibly be waiting for!? Both songs are mighty, riff heavy bangers made to get the juices flowing. The unwavering drumming on ‘A Breakfast For Champions’ by Jos Roosen as he attacks the skins and alloys not only extracts the juices but opens the flood gates to start the album with a torrent of toms and fills. The bass work of Martijn Mansvelders moves the track ‘Savage’ along with a fluid pace bringing the fullness of the bottom end to the forefront, striking the heavy gauge strings with veracity.
The mellow and somewhat haunting beginnings of ‘The Devil’s Cut’ are short lived as the chorus absolutely crushes when the heavy riffing of Mo Truijens guitar comes alive. Not to mention the imposing vocal performance that hits simultaneously. The track could easily be a single itself. It flows so nicely into ‘Release The Flies’ that you hardly realize you’re in a new song as they seamlessly fit together. ‘What Lies Underneath’ has a grungy feel to it with a violin or synth undertone behind the main instrumentation. Another high-powered chorus follows but this time with the focus being on the melody rather than a guitar attack. The Stoner HiVe’s very own Ronny Dijksterhuis contributes lyrics to the song, and they are very deeply heartfelt. The lyrics combined with the vocal expressions achieve the perfect balance of beauty and wistfulness.
Dear readers, you’re in for a treat as ‘A Breakfast For Champions’ is jammed full of delicacies just waiting to be savored. If premium heavy rock is what you’re looking for on the menu, Komatsu are here to fulfill your hungry desires with a massive slab of just that. No doubt the album will be a favorite of the year, and we can’t wait for everyone to dig in!
(Written by Jon McGough)
Go check out the first two singles now, Komatsu's A Breakfast For Champions is out on April 11th!
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