The Italian alchemic juggernaut, UFOMAMMUT, masters of melding uncompromisingly heavy magic with psychedelic swirls, recently announced news of a new studio recording, 8, which shall arrive on 22nd September via Neurot Recordings.
Prior to the release of the 8 LP, UFOMAMMUT delivers an early extract from the record in the form of a video for the song "Warsheep" which you can view below. The band describe their intentions of the video, "It is inspired by the lyrics of the song which in itself is a play on the word 'worship.' The protagonist takes a symbolic journey from the natural human condition to the trappings of the dogmas of society, religion etc. The principle idea being that thought is blind and is caged into the illusion of being free." Adding to the video's eerie atmosphere, the setting is in an abandoned villa in Italy, and the surrounding woodland.
In the spirit of record collecting rituals, and to offer something special to fans ahead of the full album release, UFOMAMMUT is offering "Warsheep" as a limited edition 7". Available in a small run of 500 pieces, and with the cover handprinted with gold iridescent and red inks on pearlescent paper by Malleus, the record shall be released via Supernatural Cat on 15th June, and is available for preorder via the label's website, and via Neurot stores too.
Preorders for the Warsheep 7" are now available HERE.
8 is due for release on September 22nd on vinyl and CD formats via Neurot Recordings and on a limited and regular edition vinyl via Supernatural Cat. Preorder information and more will be revealed over the upcoming months.
UFOMAMMUT has also announced a long list of upcoming European live shows as well, including several major festival performances and an Autumn European tour with Usnea. Additional live shows will be announced in the weeks ahead.
UFOMAMMUT Tour Dates:
6/16/2017 Freak Valley Fest - Netphen, DE
6/18/2017 Hellfest - Clisson, FR
8/04/2017 Disintegrate Your Ignorance Fest - Giavera del Montello, IT
8/05/2017 Rohrbach - Oberösterreich, AU @ Lake On Fire Festival
9/06/2017 Volta - Moscow, RU
9/07/2017 MOD - St. Petersburg, RU
w/ Usnea:
9/30/2017 La Boule Noire - Paris, FR
10/01/2017 Le Ferrailleur - Nantes, FR
10/03/2017 Borderline - London, UK
10/04/2017 Magasin 4 - Brussels, BE
10/05/2017 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, DE
10/06/2017 Up In Smoke Festival - Pratteln, CH
10/07/2017 Doornroosje - Nijmegen, NL @ Soulcrusher Festival
10/08/2017 Forum - Bielefeld, DE
10/10/2017 Blitz - Oslo, NO
10/11/2017 Klub Undergangen - Stockholm, SE
10/13/2017 Korjaamo - Helsinki, FI @ Blowup Vol. 3 Festival
10/14/2017 Olympia-Kortelli - Tampere, FI
10/16/2017 KB 18 - Copenhagen, DK
10/17/2017 Lido - Berlin, DE
10/18/2017 Markthalle - Hamburg, DE
10/19/2017 Werk 2 - Leipzig, DE
10/20/2017 Firley - Wroclaw, PL
10/21/2017 007 - Prague, CZ
10/22/2017 Keep It Doom Festival - Munich, DE
Sonically and symbolically, 8 is not only wickedly limitless in its heaviness, power, and commanding nature, but how it arrests the listener's mind creating a wholly unbounded and impenetrable sensory experience. Laden with symbolic nuances, 8 most obviously gestures towards this being UFOMAMMUT's eighth offering, comprised of eight stunningly immersive tracks that flow into each other without interruption. This flow can also be seen when you tip 8 horizontally, thus it morphs into the leniscate from algebraic geometry [∞], a plane curve that meets at central point, more commonly known as the infinity symbol. A continuous stream of movement reflective of the uninterrupted nature of the album but also the continued togetherness of the essential elements of the band - Urlo, Poia and Vita - since the beginning of the band's history. ∞ tipped vertically sees us return to the number 8. It must be stressed there is no singular pronunciation of the title, 8 is to be spoken in every language; "eight" in English, "otto" in Italian, "acht" in German, and so on.
8 is a continuous flux of music, a singular entity, which can be defined in micro measurements by its eight satellite songs. Each track expands upon the preceding song, unfolding into an exceedingly dense, malevolent and formidable journey, resulting in this being UFOMAMMUT's most extreme outing yet, with zero breathing room in the forty-eight-minute venture. The album's predecessor Ecate has now been put to rest and we can be assured that 8 is an essential turning point in the infinity that is UFOMMAMUT's sonic signature.
Recorded at Crono Sound Factory in Vimodrone, Milano, Italy, 8 is a major turning point in the heavy alchemic arts, with the elements of UFOMAMMUT's recording constellation being re-aligned. Although the musicians within the collective remain unturned, a change in recording approach saw the trio playing and recording live together in the same room, even utilizing their live sound engineer Ciccio and his project Femore for production purposes, with Fabrizio San Pietro on mixing duties. Overdubs were used only for vocals, synth sounds, and minor details, with the result of the endeavor being a stricter focus on the soul, darkened groove, and overall cohesion of the music and themselves as musicians. In turn, 8 clarified to UFOMAMMUT who they are as a unit now and their new sonic path...
See the in-studio video of UFOMAMMUT capturing 8 RIGHT HERE.
