Byl zamechen…. – It Just Gets Worse
Happy 2017! T&G RETURNS. Enter Byl zamechen… – A rough phonetic translation of the Russian name of our first “metal” band on Tongue & Groove Records WA. Byl zamechen… hail from Kharkiv, Ukraine AND Tongue & Groove Records Wa is extremely happy to be bringing their unique brand of spastic psychedelic doom hippie metal – as I call it – to the U.S.
Russia and the Ukraine continue to be hotbed of everything weird and rockin’ as is evidence two other T&G musical acts 1) Dao De Noize of Ukraine and 2) TillyRiddle of Russia. Still, Byl zamechen… is nothing like them.
Byl zamechen… is a force to be reckoned with, by far the heaviest release yet on Tongue & Groove Records WA… from the searing bass, which is really the focal point of the album, to the EW – Dopethrone singing-style singing; Byl zamechen… is heavy and uncompromising but….. maybe not as heavy as you think???
Iron Butterfly and Black Sabbath (1960’s BZ influences) are loved and listened to by all, are they not? Byl zamechen… show due respect for their psychedelic rock forefathers from the 1960’s. This is the modern era though and the 5 tracks (only 5?!) on It Just Gets Worse also show the influence of 90’s/and modern stoner rock acts Electric Wizard, Sleep and Acid Mother’s Temple.
The 5 tracks on It Just Gets Worse – the shortest of which clocks in at 9 minutes – take us on a wild ride through the SILENT KOSMOS of Byl zamechen(‘s)… universe. Within minutes we jump from the doomy stoner bass of ORBITS to the hippie chants of ENCRYPTED. Byl zamechen… jump through musical genres with ease, all the while retaining a natural flow to their sound that blends their seemingly infinite psychedelic musical epics into a cohesive unit.
In fact, I am amazed at how well the spastic nature of their sound works. This couldn’t be done with out the musical virtuoso of their 3 main members; Khleb on VOX, Amorth on Drums and IV on Bass. IV’s Bass is, without a doubt, the defining force of these 5 epic metal/hippie chants and like other bands led by Bass players adds to the unique compositional quality of this very musically talented group. Additional voices are provided by Elina and Vanya Ivan, Sax by Mykola Lebed and we do hear some keys throughout that must be played by KLHEB? I suppose.
Get the release on CDR from the Tongue & Groove Records WA OR if checkout the Limited Edition cassette tape that was released by RobustFellowProductions, HERE.
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