BLACK OM RISING

Compared to the predecessor album 'The Men From Dystopia' when they collaborated with Acid Mother Temple's Kawabata Makoto, this album is less spacey but a lot more heavy - sometimes even violent. Niko Potocnjak builds up post rock alike guitar and synth walls. The songs are full of dynamic and provided with the typical SEVEN THAT SPELLS' style. So they are offering repetitive hypnotic elements as you can hear on the opener Fluxion. This brings them even near to krautrock sometimes.

Have I mentioned before that they use saxophone here and there? Somewhat unusual for a psychedelic band and Ra is surely something very special - dark and obscure - only lead by saxophone echoes and tribal drums. The following LO trilogy is intensive - brutal heavy in parts - with transitions to post rock respectively experimental post metal.

The second part of the album - starting with Black Om Rising - appeals even better to me and this is finally responsible for my decision two give four stars for the complete album. The title song shines with a punching heavy bass which pushes the song all the way supported by the drum kit. This is overlayed with floating spacey guitar and sax contributions - a fantastic composition.

Daktari comes up groovy jamming with a minimal jazzy touch. Guitar, synth and sax innovation pure with a highspeed working backing group - great! Divided in two different moods Tearjerker gets near to the typical dynamical Anekdoten style first - later followed by a gloomy ambient sound front.

A multi-layered album by all means and you can really sense the experience of the band mates. 'Black Om Rising' consists of well-conceived songs. Psych lovers who are open for a heavy sound shouldn't miss that.