Ufomammut Enter Studio to Record New Album
Here’s the cure to your shitty day: The knowledge that whatever cosmic misfortunes the universe seems to have set upon you, Italian psych-doomers Ufomammut are preparing to once more wipe the universe’s slate clean with a new full-length. Their eighth album, it will follow 2015’s Ecate (review here) and 2012’s two-parter Oro (review here and review here), and presumably will see release through Neurot Recordings as well, though that doesn’t seem to be confirmed in the press release below. If it turns out not to be a Neurot issue, they’d be a great pickup for just about any larger American or European underground label with an interest in heavy, so I’m sure they’d wind up someplace. If they’ve proven to be anything over the years, it’s hard to ignore.
To wit, tour dates in Australia and New Zealand as well as another run through Europe, confirmed to presumably follow the completion of this recording process. The PR wire has details:
Ufomammut enter the studio to record their eighth LP; UK and Australian tour dates posted
The Italian psychedelic power trio Ufomammut are currently in the process of forging their eighth LP, following their heady/heavy 2015 epic for Neurot Recordings, Ecate. The band are knuckling down at Crono Sound Factory in Vimodrone, just north of Milan, the first time recording with their soundlord Ciccio and his comrades of Femore Production. Having spent much of the past year refining their exploratory jam sessions to make them fit for purpose – expect more of their inimitable dense, organic riffing to emerge in 2017, with teasers on the way sooner.
Having just wrapped up a European tour which included dates with their friends in Neurosis and fellow countrymen Grime, Ufomammut have their sights set on Australia and New Zealand, and will be travelling there in early October with the masters of doom tone, Monolord. Those dates are followed by further European shows, which include a performance at this year’s Damnation Festival in Leeds on November 5th, alongside Electric Wizard, Enslaved, Cult of Luna, Akercocke and many more, plus a London show. Full dates below:-
UFOMAMMUT – AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
03.10.16 – Wellington, San Fran w/ Monolord
04.10.16 – Auckland, Kings Arms w/ Monolord
06.10.16 – Brisbane, Crowbar w/ Monolord
07.10.16 – Sydney, Bald Faced Stag w/ Monolord
08.10.16- Melbourne, Max Watts w/ Monolord
09.10.16 – Perth, Rosemount w/ Monolord
UFOMAMMUT – EUROPE
02.11.16 – FR – Paris, Backstage
03.11.15 – BE – Hasselt, Mod
04.11.16 – UK – London, Underworld
05.11.16 – UK – Leeds, Damnation Festival
07.11.16 – DE – Leipzig, Werk 2
08.11.16 – DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
09.11.16 – DE – Nurnberg, Musikzentrale
10.11.16 – DE – Hannover, Faust
11.11.16 – TBA
12.11.16 – NL – Utrecht, Le Guess Who Festival
13.11.16 – DE – Koln, Underground
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