Acid Mammoth - Under Acid Hoof (2020)^{Release ID: 16426}

Greece is not the first country I would associate the stoner metal sound with but Acid Mammoth most certainly know their beans.  Here be Sabbath vibes aplenty with the occult tendencies of Electric Wizard  never too far away also it seems.  With a varied track length ranging from the four-and-a-half minute all the way up to beyond the nine-minute mark, Under Acid Hoof feels longer than just thirty-five minutes in length.  However, I find this variety makes the release easier to digest as opposed to other releases that just go with long track after long track.

The album does suffer from some vocals that try to be a little more melodic than the vocalist is capable of delivering at times, and it is in these moments when the album creaks a little and sounds like it lacks professionalism.  Riffs wise, I find very little to argue with though.  Jack the Riffer might be a ridiculously named song but it certainly lives up to the title over seven-and-a-half minutes of monstrous riffage.  The closing, title track takes this one step further even and brings the album to a fine closing point that leaves me with a sense that the band have shown their ability to produce some solid stoner metal without letting things meander on too long.  Yes, I could do without the vocals at times and yes I pick up very little from the drums (I mean are they even there at times?) but overall Under Acid Hoof has been a good intro into Acid Mammoth. 

Acid Mammoth indeed, both as heavy and as trippy as the name implies. Sounds like Electric Wizard jamming with Ghost, only heavier. Just like that trip you have when you're convinced that a black hole has formed in the centre of your brain - you know the one - only in album form! A giant magic mushroom cloud of an album - made out of real mushrooms! Anyway, you get the idea.