Year : 2024
Style : Stoner Heavy Metal , Doom Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 96 mb
Bio:
Band formed in 2017 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany.The Cologne based power trio draws its inspiration from various genres, which makes instrumental stoner rock.Powerful with activated Fuzz, it goes without detours into other spheres, but always earthy with a decent dose of Doom. Live it feels like an earthquake.First album "Goldader" (2024).
Album:
Debut full-length album.ASTRAL KOMPAKT carefully dissect the psych metal blueprint laid out by Sleep and Electric Wizard, slowing it down, spacing it out and abstracting its essence. Creating a new conversation in which heaviness is not a goal but a means to an end, Goldader perfects the art of making complexity comprehensible and sonic violence sophisticated.Julian Wolff, Roniel Müller, Marc FaßbenderStoner rock leans heavily on its psychedelic imagery and lyrics for its allure, leaving a small number of artists apable of writing captivating instrumental music that still fits the bill. Where other acts turn to humorous tropes or excessive layers of fuzz, Cologne-based instrumental outfit ASTRAL KOMPAKT resort to reducing things to a minimum, keeping a tight formation as a trio. With their debut album Goldader they have perfected the art of making complexity comprehensible and sonic violence sophisticated.Across its 40-minute long runtime Goldader reveals itself as a lexicon of anything prog and stoner, touching upon and playing with stylistic devices that also characterise the metal genre as a whole. From from the jagged start-stop riffing of «Pirsch» through the subtle polyrhythms of «Welwitschie» to the repeating motifs of «Batavische Träne II», ASTRAL KOMPAKT prove they understand the elements of the genre and know how to use them in refreshing ways.The inconspicuous way in which they open the album in 10/8 but make it seem like the most normal stoner riff ever, attests to the ability of ASTRAL KOMPAKT to make music that is both fun and engaging. The title track innovatively juxtaposes the summer vibes of indie rock with exuberant blast beats, while album closer «Levitas» skilfully anatomizes the art of melting face, creating an experience in which the real heaviness is found in the space between the distorted chords. With Goldader ASTRAL KOMPAKT have indeed struck gold, creating a record you can spend endless moments with, digging around and unearthing all its intricacies.The songwriting is serious but also has a sense of humour, the riffs are both brainheavy and face-melting, while the album sounds phenomenal thanks to Jan Oberg at who recorded, produced and mixed the album at his Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin.
Line-Up:
Marc - Bass - See also: Mad Woosch
Roniel - Guitars
Julian - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Pirsch
02. Goldader
03. Welwitschie
04. Batavitsche Träne I
05. Batavitsche Träne II
06. Ruin
07. Levitas
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