STREAM UFOMAMMUT’S NEW ALBUM FENICE HERE
BAND TO HOST GIMME METAL GUEST DJ SPECIAL THIS FRIDAY
FENICE OUT ON FRIDAY VIA NEUROT RECORDINGS
Decibel Magazine is currently hosting an exclusive stream of Fenice, the smouldering new psychedelic masterpiece from Italian trio Ufomammut, ahead of the album release this Friday through Neurosis’ label Neurot Recordings.
Bassist/vocalist URLO offers, “After two-and-a-half turns around the Sun, through complicated and challenging times, we are ready to hit the stage again with Fenice, our new sonic chapter. It’s a rebirth as a band and as human beings and we consider it one of our most meaningful and symbolic records, a turning point in UFOMAMMUT’s journey that drives us to a renewed desire of creating, playing, and sharing music. It’s time for Fenice to arise.”
For more than two decades, Italian alchemists Ufomammut have combined the heaviness and majesty of dynamic riff worship with a nuanced understanding of psychedelic tradition and history in music, creating a cosmic, futuristic, and technicolor sound destined for absolute immersion. Fenice, “phoenix” in Italian, represents endless rebirth and the ability to start again after everything seems doomed. The album is the first recording with new drummer Levre joining Poia and Urlo, marking a new chapter in the band’s history and unveiling a more intimate, free sound for the group.
While the band is renowned for their psychedelic travels into the far reaches of the cosmos, Fenice is a much more introspective listening experience. The album was conceived as a single concept track, divided in six facets of this inward-facing focus. Sonic experimentations abound in the exploration of this central theme; synths and experimental vocal effects are featured more prominently than ever before as the band push themselves ever further into the uncharted territory of their very identity.
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Each oscillation of this extraordinary album feels inevitable. The members of Ufomammut are, after all, masters of their craft, and when it comes to creating enveloping sonic journeys into the unknown, it’s their uninhibited sense of exploration that breaches new sonic ground. Fenice is the sound of a band whose very essence has been rejuvenated and are welcoming the chance to create music in the way they know best; by unfolding carefully and attentively, by melding those extreme dynamics which render Fenice as a living and breathing creature, and by writing gargantuan riffs that herald their very rebirth.
Ufomammut will also host a Guest DJ slot on Gimme Metal on the day of the album’s release. The special will air at midnight BST this Saturday 7th May. Find more info and tune in at this location.
Ufomammut is confirmed to play special one-off dates over the Spring and Summer months including a Fenice album release show this Saturday, May 7th, followed by an onslaught of festivals including Dudefest, Dunk!festival, Desertfest, 17 Years Sound Of Liberation Festival, Desert Fox Festival, Hellfest, Frantic Festival, and more. See all confirmed shows and stay updated at the band’s tour page.
Fenice shall be released on LP and CD formats via Neurot Recordings, with a limited edition LP version of 666 copies on Supernatural Cat.
FENICE TRACK LISTING:
1. Duat
2. Kepherer
3. Psychostasia (video)
4. Metamorphoenix
5. Pyramind (video)
6. Empyros
UFOMAMMUT ARE:
Poia – Guitars and Fxs
Urlo – Bass, Vocals, Fxs and Synths
Levre – Drums & Fxs
Ciccio – Sound Lord
“The album shuttles from spacey to grinding to mind-expanding with an underlying heaviness. Like the cover art, it’s dark and saturated, but highlighted by an illuminating brightness.” – Decibel
“a swirling blur of magma-flow riffs, lysergic weirdness and wide-eyed experimentation.” – Metal Hammer
“UFOMAMMUT has managed to not only showcase their considerable strengths, but also represent the full spectrum of everything that has made this genre the success it is today. This band deserves to be recognised as a leader in the genre, and Fenice is the album to make that a reality…Fenice may stand to be a career-defining record for the veterans, and serves as a warning to newer bands on the scene: never underestimate the old guard.” – Distorted Sound