It was one of the most
anticipated album releases of the year, at least for me, the return
of the sonic titans Earthless. Almost five years after their last LP
From the Ages, the legendary power trio formed in San Diego, CA that
inspired and continues to lead a whole new wave of local heavy psych
bands, returns with Black Heaven, recorded at Rancho de La Luna in Joshua Tree, CA with Dave Catching´s production and
released by Nuclear Blast, marks a shift on their output with a
beautiful new approach into more vocals oriented songs instead
of the long and loosely improvised instrumental jams that their are
known for.
Silly move for a band that had perfected the magic formula of mixing the best of the 70´s heavy rock on the west with Japanese hard psych into hypnotic krautrock jams, some might think... but quite on the contrary! This bold move that trigged the structural change of the band was due to the fact Isaiah Mitchell, the guitar player, relocated to another area which left the group with less time and opportunities then required, to slowly carve those monolithic jams. Confined with the “freedom” of working alone to compose the new pieces and be more influential on the creative process working on structured sections he now brings also to the table besides his always mind blowing guitar work those sweet mellowed out vocals that he uses so gracefully with his other project Golden Void.
At its core, the band`s trademark elements are all there, such as the overpowering and thigh rhythmic section comprised of heavy hitter Mario Rubalcaba and Mike Eginton´s magic bass lines paving the way to Isahia´s lead with his fire-raising riffs and blazing solos on guitar... the only difference is that Black Heaven serves them in smaller doses! A very organic progression instead of fading away trying to re-create what was done before, they have successfully opened and broadened out their music, keeping things interesting for the future, being able to reach out to a bigger audience now with this directional change and become one of this century classic acts from heavy rock like Cream, Flower Travellin' Band or Black Sabbath were the century before.
Silly move for a band that had perfected the magic formula of mixing the best of the 70´s heavy rock on the west with Japanese hard psych into hypnotic krautrock jams, some might think... but quite on the contrary! This bold move that trigged the structural change of the band was due to the fact Isaiah Mitchell, the guitar player, relocated to another area which left the group with less time and opportunities then required, to slowly carve those monolithic jams. Confined with the “freedom” of working alone to compose the new pieces and be more influential on the creative process working on structured sections he now brings also to the table besides his always mind blowing guitar work those sweet mellowed out vocals that he uses so gracefully with his other project Golden Void.
At its core, the band`s trademark elements are all there, such as the overpowering and thigh rhythmic section comprised of heavy hitter Mario Rubalcaba and Mike Eginton´s magic bass lines paving the way to Isahia´s lead with his fire-raising riffs and blazing solos on guitar... the only difference is that Black Heaven serves them in smaller doses! A very organic progression instead of fading away trying to re-create what was done before, they have successfully opened and broadened out their music, keeping things interesting for the future, being able to reach out to a bigger audience now with this directional change and become one of this century classic acts from heavy rock like Cream, Flower Travellin' Band or Black Sabbath were the century before.
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