Blacklab - Abyss (CD) |-

The dark witch doom duo from Osaka return with their new long player. The first album was a remixed collection of the band’s early tracks, a melting pot of influences as they set out to inhabit their own space. Now with ‘ABYSS’ the band are very much defining what that space is. Once again, the album was produced by Jun Morino in Osaka and is an uncompromising beast of a record. Recorded under a full moon over 3 intense days, the album has the ‘off the leash’ abandon of ‘Fun House’ era ‘Stooges’ and is marked by a fat dose of doom meets slowed down hardcore punk; filled with loud, ultra distorted guitar, and yet, a surprising amount of melody as well. In fact, Yuko has said that the band’s name is a combination of Black Sabbath and Stereolab, well here on ‘Abyss’ is where that strange mix begins to

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Label: New Heavy Sounds
• Catalog Number: CD-NHS-030