{"id":29490,"date":"2015-03-27T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=29490"},"modified":"2015-05-19T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:17:31","slug":"album-review-mammoth-mammoth-volume-iv-hammered-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-mammoth-mammoth-volume-iv-hammered-again\/","title":{"rendered":"MAMMOTH MAMMOTH – Volume IV: Hammered Again (2015) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAMMOTH MAMMOTH
Volume IV: Hammered Again<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNapalm (2015)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Australian rockers claim to be \u201cthe most rock \u2019n\u2019 roll rock \u2019n\u2019 roll band in the history of history\u201d, and already I\u2019m getting tired of the repeated words. I guess they couldn\u2019t call themselves Mammoth though, otherwise they\u2019d be expecting a call from John McCoy\u2019s defunct UK rockers.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Mammoth Mammoth are a quartet consisting of Mikey Tucker (vocals), Ben Couzens (guitar), Pete Bell (bass) and Frank Trobbiani (drums), and they play straight up heavy rock if you ask me. As you may have guessed by the clue in the title, this is their fourth offering coming after a debut self-titled EP in 2008 and two full-length albums \u2013 Mammoth<\/em> (2009) and Volume III: Hell\u2019s Likely<\/em> (2012).<\/p>\n

So there may be some who like to call this stoner rock, but there\u2019s no real lean towards a dope-smoking dreariness; in fact, all the tracks are upbeat fiery rockers boasting passionate vocals, riotous guitars and sweat-soaked guitars. It\u2019s nothing fancy \u2013 certainly nowhere near original \u2013 but all delivered with high energy and simplicity through the likes of \u2018Life\u2019s A Bitch\u2019, \u2018Lookin\u2019 Down The Barrel\u2019 and \u2018Black Dog\u2019; there\u2019s enough weight to appeal to the metal crowd but also enough groove to garner attention from a wider audience.<\/p>\n

I guess if you like big, dirty riffs and no frills rollicking rock then you could do far worse than indulge in the fury of \u2018Fuel Injected\u2019, in which Mikey Tucker tells us of how he \u201ckeeps a knife in the heel of my boots\u201d<\/em> to a streetwise, unkempt lick, while with \u2018Sick (Of Being Sick)\u2019 we get a Black Sabbath<\/a>-esque, sun-soaked crashing riff, gargantuan rolling percussion and Tucker\u2019s volatile raps.<\/p>\n

You might wanna take a long draw on that cigarette and flick it into the nearest person\u2019s eye once you\u2019ve strapped this opus on, because Mammoth Mammoth seem genuine in their aim to rough you up like the rock rebels they are. The tracks just keep on coming like heavy punches in a bar room brawl; the solos swirl out of the fag-smoke haze and the booze stains may take a while to wash out, but the bruising manner of this romp is unrelenting.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no time for subtleties either; \u2018Reign Supreme\u2019 comes chugging in on a drugged up riff lace with fuzz and oil, \u2018Hammered Again\u2019 hangs Corrosion Of Conformity out to dry and beats it to death, and \u2018High As A Kite\u2019 is delivered with the same monolithic aplomb, only lengthier, bluesier and more psyched out and gruelling.<\/p>\n

Indeed, this album really grows on you like a bad habit you don\u2019t really want to break, and through all of its sludgy behaviour once it soaks into your skin you\u2019ll feel as if you\u2019ve been lying under a pile of rubble for a week. In a sense it\u2019s good and bad, but always mighty in its message which of course is to break open another bottle and get hammered again.<\/p>\n

Unfair to call it straight up stoner rock, Mammoth Mammoth\u2019s latest chunk is more akin to sipping a can of gasoline and swallowing a match. Heavy, retro, bruising and confrontational.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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