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Majestic Mountain Records
Thickly-riffed Norwegian rockers Kal-El release their third album, Astrodoomeda, via Argonauta Records, Of the seven original inclusions on the eight-song/47-minute offering, six have some allusion to the cosmic in their name, whether it's the leadoff title-cut or "Atmosphere," "Mothership" or the penultimate "Spacecraft." Based in Stavanger, along Norway's southwestern coast, the four-piece may or may not be working to a narrative across the record's tracks, but they're certainly working around a theme one way or another, and that plays into some of the spacier aspects of their sound. They purport influence from the likes of Monster Magnet and Nebula, but almost immediately on "Astrodoomeda" frontman Cpt. Ulven has a strong current of solo-era Ozzy Osbourne or Christian "Chritus" Linderson of Goatess/Lord Vicar in his approach, and that adds an element of doom to match the heft in the guitar of Roffe and the bass of Liz Thompsen.
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Article number:MMR016
- Limited to 300 copies
- 180-gram heavyweight vinyl
- Single sleeve with 3mm spine
- Full-color double-sided insert
- Black poly-lined inner sleeve
- 33 rpm heaviness
- Vinyl comes in half transparent blue/half transparent red with white splatter
Astrodoomeda tracklisting:
Side A
- Astrodoomeda
- Atmosphere
- Mothership
- Code of the Ancient
Side B
- Luna
- Starlight Shade
- Spacecraft
- Green Machine (Kyuss cover)
BandKal-El
GenreStoner Rock
MediaLP
LtdColored Vinyl
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