SEVEN THAT SPELLS
The Death And
Resurrection Of Krautrock: Aum
This
is the Croatian band’s ninth album but their first for the venerable Sulatron
Records. Mixing up psychedelia and krautrock with shades of metal, the majority
of the material is as dazzling as solar radiation.
The album kicks off with the miracle riffing on
‘In’ – a huge ascending guitar structure that signals the demented heavy psych
intent of the band. This segues into the centrepiece of the album, ‘Aum’ – 19
minutes of pure kraut mayhem. Thereafter the LP takes a boisterous turn with
the noise-rock of ‘Zero’, which eventually gives way to the more metallic
sounds of the last two tracks.
Though I’m generally a big fan of heavier material I found
their more forceful stuff less engaging. The first half of the record, with its
involving and inventive guitar and rhythm structures is extremely cool. The
sub-pornographic artwork however, is not.
Austin Matthews
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