The masked men are back with two killer new tracks. Evil Blizzard have long been embraced for their great live shows and macabre masks – it makes for great horror show thrills that is so mesmerising that sometimes you can forget how ground breaking and intoxicating their music is.
Breaking away from their four bass line up the new Evil Blizzard still deals in heavy dark grooves Andi’s great ground breaking music that you can dance to. They are truly one of the musical powerhouses of the moment so steeped in the dark energy of the underground that the can’t help but make a music like this and yet there is something quite crossover about their sound especially these new tunes – a cross over that looses none of their dark majesty.
About the album:
The fifth studio album album sees Evil Blizzard pushing the boundaries further afield from their early sound of ‘multiple bass psych’, seeing elements of dub, krautrock and goth to provide a much more Post Punk vibe than previous work.
Reference points were ‘Metal Box’, ‘Ritual De Lo Habitual’, Can and Discharge (whose singer JJ joins the band on the track ‘Wake The Dead In Bedlam’) as well as the omnipresent Hawkwind, Stooges and Sabbath vibes.
By far the band’s most stylistically varied and challenging album and yet their most cohesive body of work since their critically acclaimed second album.
As well as their trademark ‘multi bass onslaught’, this albums sees sequencing, sampling and even the use of string instruments made from bone.
Come and see Evil Blizzard live on March 14th at the upcoming Louder Than War Live festival. Tickets and details here.
Listen to the new Evil Blizzard songs here.
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