Kogumaza
Kogumaza
Boomkat Product Review:
A sludge metal band from Nottingham, Kogumaza might not seem like the most obvious addition to the Low Point stable, but on closer listening it all begins to make perfect sense. While their regular setup seems pretty ‘regular’ (drums, bass, guitar), the band have a secret weapon in fourth member Mark Spivey, who operating behind the mixing desk throws the band’s sound into realms closer to dub than you’d usually expect to hear on a metal record. I’m talking sleazy, degraded delays, haunted echoes and the kind of top cropping that makes this self titled debut the kind of antithesis of the black metal revival. Where the BM set are fascinated with the high end (to the detriment of the poor old lows), Kogumaza have eliminated treble for good, just concentrating on smoky, muddy mids and basses giving their sound a strange focus and real originality. It’s almost not metal at all, and certainly Kogumaza don’t sound much like Sunn O))) – rather they’ve heard a lot of Pink Floyd, they’re up to date on Sleep and classic Earth and they’ve made something that makes perfect sense. Heavy, yet somehow ambient? Don’t take my word for it…
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Boomkat Product Review:
A sludge metal band from Nottingham, Kogumaza might not seem like the most obvious addition to the Low Point stable, but on closer listening it all begins to make perfect sense. While their regular setup seems pretty ‘regular’ (drums, bass, guitar), the band have a secret weapon in fourth member Mark Spivey, who operating behind the mixing desk throws the band’s sound into realms closer to dub than you’d usually expect to hear on a metal record. I’m talking sleazy, degraded delays, haunted echoes and the kind of top cropping that makes this self titled debut the kind of antithesis of the black metal revival. Where the BM set are fascinated with the high end (to the detriment of the poor old lows), Kogumaza have eliminated treble for good, just concentrating on smoky, muddy mids and basses giving their sound a strange focus and real originality. It’s almost not metal at all, and certainly Kogumaza don’t sound much like Sunn O))) – rather they’ve heard a lot of Pink Floyd, they’re up to date on Sleep and classic Earth and they’ve made something that makes perfect sense. Heavy, yet somehow ambient? Don’t take my word for it…
Boomkat Product Review:
A sludge metal band from Nottingham, Kogumaza might not seem like the most obvious addition to the Low Point stable, but on closer listening it all begins to make perfect sense. While their regular setup seems pretty ‘regular’ (drums, bass, guitar), the band have a secret weapon in fourth member Mark Spivey, who operating behind the mixing desk throws the band’s sound into realms closer to dub than you’d usually expect to hear on a metal record. I’m talking sleazy, degraded delays, haunted echoes and the kind of top cropping that makes this self titled debut the kind of antithesis of the black metal revival. Where the BM set are fascinated with the high end (to the detriment of the poor old lows), Kogumaza have eliminated treble for good, just concentrating on smoky, muddy mids and basses giving their sound a strange focus and real originality. It’s almost not metal at all, and certainly Kogumaza don’t sound much like Sunn O))) – rather they’ve heard a lot of Pink Floyd, they’re up to date on Sleep and classic Earth and they’ve made something that makes perfect sense. Heavy, yet somehow ambient? Don’t take my word for it…
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