Album Review
Soyuz Bear “MMXV” [Zanjeer Zani Productions]
atavist 4/19/2022 A Library, Cassette
This limited edition cassette from 2015 captures a crusty slab of French doom from a project that has since disbanded. Side A has three more polished studio tracks, and side B has three rehearsal tracks engineered by the band. Side A checks the boxes for the bongrip soundtrack though the riffs aren’t super original. Side B, being a rehearsal, captures a little air and space and basically squashes the vocals in the mix. And though I usually don’t advocate for the live stuff, track 5 “GHB Uber Alles” might be the most vital track on the release. Where the studio stuff walks the path, the rehearsals capture a band imbibing and going for it, and it works in their favor. This is followed by the closer “In the Abyss”, with some groove-laden riffs to get stoned heads nodding in unison. Possible FCC in track 1; in this genre it can be hard to make them out, but steer this one into safe harbor.
you heard it 7 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 96 days ago, Atavist played GHB Uber Alles
- 202 days ago, Slartibartfast played Street Thrash
- 203 days ago, Whinger played No End in Sight
- 222 days ago, Atavist played In the Abyss
- 250 days ago, Atavist played GHB Uber Alles
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