WO FAT - Psychedelonaut

With the stacks cranked up to 11,Wo - Fat dishes up a smorgasbord of fuzzed out Stoner delights of the finest order.This is a electrified,riff-filled journey of Psychedelic 70's Metal infused with Bluesy Acid Filled "Hendrix" inspired jams.They take the feel of 70's giants like Sabbath, ZZ Top, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Mahogany Rush, Night Sun, Mountain and mixed up with the Stoner Doom Monolithic sounds of Sleep, Church of Misery and Fu Manchu.Some of the songs have a trance like vibe sucking the listener in to a never ending groove while others have some sort of Country Stoner Doom Blues recipe that strangly works in delivering the Riff Rock in a unique fashion.Wo Fat certainly have thier own way of doing things,even though this fits in well within the whole Stoner/Doom genre there is something different about this band.They have a huge sound that sounds like a five piece band most of the time even though this is only a 3 piece band.Psychedelonaut,Enter the Riffian and Analog Man are the first three assaults on the eardrums on the album with some mind bending guitar tones and some colossal drum sounds.The middle of the album is the weaker section for me anyway as the tracks seem to lack the constant drive that the previous songs have but yet are still bombastic enough to keep you engaged in the running order of the album.Shake Em On Down,Not of This Earth and The Spheres Beyond bring the album to a close in similar gigantic fashion.These songs are pretty intense Stoner Workouts with the average length of the songs being around the 7 minute mark.They have a knack for working a groove to death which after all was the gift of so many 70's Hard Rock groups.This is 70 + minutes of Heavy Stoner Doom but with another dimension that sets them apart from the pack.Out on Brainticket Records.8.5/10

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