zondag 27 april 2025

Thammuz – III

 

 

Thammuz – III
Argonauta Records
Rock, Metal, Stoner, Sludge
Rated: *****

After the debut album Into The Great Unknown from 2020 and Sons Of The Occult from 2022, Thammuz is back with their third full-sized album, and they aptly titled it: III. And with this new album the Dutch foursome become fearsome and solidify the Thammuz sound with blood and fuzz. Nine tracks oozing atmosphere and thunderous grooves. Songs like Ishtar, final track Devil’s Gallow or the interlude Risen, give III so much color and scenery that it widens the arc of every other track as well. Something you might not immediately expect when that quaking fuzz drenched When Darkness Comes opens the ball. A midtempo groove drags the listener along cobblestone bass work and nasal vocals before the guitar lifts it all towards a higher plain. Cutting to a meandering solo that slowly but surely turns the set up for the final rampaging stretch of darkness. Thammuz has entered the building! Following Old Man starts out anxious and luring you into the expectation of another blow-out but turns on its head and into a more dynamic and slow burning groove. Almost contemplative as the guitar rolls away from the sparing vocal lines that give you the perfect amount of thoughts to take with you, as the roll out becomes a rising tide and a final splash. Which you can imagine going higher, rising more and going on much longer when performed live. The earlier mentioned Ishtar sees Thammuz waltz with another Mesopotamian god, slowly dissolving the gloom and showing nothing but gauzy silhouettes of the magical beings they are. Transfixed you listen to the dance and the movie snippets that cut through the haze. It is beautifully done and the transition into Bloodlust, turns the songs into a two-headed beast that shimmers with beauty and fierceness. Together they seem to become the centerpiece to this wonderful new album, showing much growth for the Thammuz four. Cause their fuzzy and gritty stoner sound was already written cuneiform on a tablet, but this opens up their view point, widens the vista, both showing a different form of restraint and force. Like death and rising, like destroying and bringing to life, Thammuz is all about those ancient rites. Till all that faint air is troubled with song… All record and all night long…  



(Written by JK)


You can listen to first single When Darkness Comes right now! 

The full III album by Thammuz comes out on Argonauta Records on the 9th of May


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Thammuz – Sons Of The Occult

 Thammuz – Into The Great Unknown


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