How is that nobody ever talks about the band Wooly Mammoth?!? Surprising considering the shifting tastes of the board towards this type of sound. Climb Thar Tree to Lynch a Negar, I'd venture to say that this is right up your alley.
Review from Hellride.
I don't remember listening to any CD this long before writing a review. It has been in my car CD player for so many weeks now, so I listen to it every day on my way to and from various destinations as required by the appointments of my meaningless life. Listening to this CD has probably prevented me from driving off a cliff into oblivion's waiting open arms. Music prevents me from acting on impulses that occur throughout the day. Music soothes the psychotic beast, plus, when it is this good, it is a soothing balm to my damaged soul.
Wooly Mammoth guitarist/vocalist Zac Eller is one of the most creative and talented musicians I have met in my nearly forty years of seeking elusive holy grail rock chords and phrasings. These tunes of awe and dread are definitely played deep in the key of doom, as Zac's guitar pounds diverse downtuned melodies of despair and his voice howls out the essence of his anguish, but there's way more than doom here in the details. There's a hardcore heritage and hard rock drive that gives Wooly Mammoth a richness and atmospheric beauty that's difficult to describe. Few singers translate and channel the intensity of such real feelings into lyrics and vocal stylings as clearly and profoundly as Zac. There is poetry in every line.
I have never heard a Wooly mammoth tunes that did not immediately grab my attention, and The Temporary Nature is their best recording to date. I was with Underdogma the first night we heard Wooly Mammoth many years ago, and we were just as floored then by their visceral punch as today. Every new Wooly Mammoth CD explores more of Zac's creative abilities. With brother Kyle Connolly hammering a thunderous bass underpinning, and Phil Adler's always perfectly precise percussion, Zac is free to fly above the miseries and disappointments of this troubled world and make the kind of music that would give the mythic gods of lost ages reason to stop and listen, hearing on the wind notes of sadness linked with those of glory as only the muses themselves can inspire in the hearts of mortal men. With enough hardcore drive to lift Wooly Mammoth above the too often encountered doldrums of "true doom", their music stands out as more intense and profound, with a quicker pace and more inventive melody reference way beyond the musical meandering of lesser bands. Wooly Mammoth is an artistic, creative, rock force, and The Temporary Nature is the latest salvo in their battle to put real feeling and talent back into rock music. This brings tears of musical joy to my eyes and ears.
Myspace Page, Facebook Page Coming 2008
Review from Hellride.
I don't remember listening to any CD this long before writing a review. It has been in my car CD player for so many weeks now, so I listen to it every day on my way to and from various destinations as required by the appointments of my meaningless life. Listening to this CD has probably prevented me from driving off a cliff into oblivion's waiting open arms. Music prevents me from acting on impulses that occur throughout the day. Music soothes the psychotic beast, plus, when it is this good, it is a soothing balm to my damaged soul.
Wooly Mammoth guitarist/vocalist Zac Eller is one of the most creative and talented musicians I have met in my nearly forty years of seeking elusive holy grail rock chords and phrasings. These tunes of awe and dread are definitely played deep in the key of doom, as Zac's guitar pounds diverse downtuned melodies of despair and his voice howls out the essence of his anguish, but there's way more than doom here in the details. There's a hardcore heritage and hard rock drive that gives Wooly Mammoth a richness and atmospheric beauty that's difficult to describe. Few singers translate and channel the intensity of such real feelings into lyrics and vocal stylings as clearly and profoundly as Zac. There is poetry in every line.
I have never heard a Wooly mammoth tunes that did not immediately grab my attention, and The Temporary Nature is their best recording to date. I was with Underdogma the first night we heard Wooly Mammoth many years ago, and we were just as floored then by their visceral punch as today. Every new Wooly Mammoth CD explores more of Zac's creative abilities. With brother Kyle Connolly hammering a thunderous bass underpinning, and Phil Adler's always perfectly precise percussion, Zac is free to fly above the miseries and disappointments of this troubled world and make the kind of music that would give the mythic gods of lost ages reason to stop and listen, hearing on the wind notes of sadness linked with those of glory as only the muses themselves can inspire in the hearts of mortal men. With enough hardcore drive to lift Wooly Mammoth above the too often encountered doldrums of "true doom", their music stands out as more intense and profound, with a quicker pace and more inventive melody reference way beyond the musical meandering of lesser bands. Wooly Mammoth is an artistic, creative, rock force, and The Temporary Nature is the latest salvo in their battle to put real feeling and talent back into rock music. This brings tears of musical joy to my eyes and ears.
Myspace Page, Facebook Page Coming 2008
