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The Mountain King Release Wicked Zen CD on Cursed Monk Records

With pieces of the album recorded in the US, Venezuela, Germany and Greece, it’s no wonder that The Mountain King‘s debut long-player, Wicked Zen, carries a marked sense of stylistic scope. The album has been snagged by Irish imprint Cursed Monk Records for a limited release on CD, and by “limited” I mean there are 50 copies on the band’s Bandcamp and the label’s Bandcamp, and that’s it. I’m not even sure if that’s 50 total or 50 each, but either way, it’s not a lot. 50 though is more than the handmade first-edition special book/CD version of the album the band put out themselves on CD, which was 33 copies, though there was also a digipak pressing that had 66 copies. Okay, so maybe add that all up and it comes out to “still pretty limited.”

There’s a tape, too. 66 copies.

I have no idea — how would I? — how many copies of any or all of these there are left, but the difference near as I can tell with the Cursed Monk version of Wicked Zen is it has two bonus tracks. That right there makes it worth chasing down in my book, whatever other options may coincide with it. And I’m not trying to spend your money or anything, but no one ever said you had to stick to one, either

I cobbled the following together from various announcements and whatnot:

The Mountain King Wicked Zen

CURSED MONK RECORDS – THE MOUNTAIN KING – WICKED ZEN

SURPRISE RELEASE!!! (We told you we had something cool planned.)

Cursed Monk Records would like to welcome The Mountain King to the cult!

The Mountain King play a heady mix of psychedelia tinged, mediative funeral doom. It is an awe inspiring sound!

Their album “Wicked Zen” is available from our store now on CD and DD. Recorded by The Mountain King in Germany, USA, Venezuela and Greece. Check it out below.

The band says: “The great Cursed Monk Records and we crossed paths and thus came into being an extended version of Wicked Zen with 2 bonus tracks and an exclusive artwork by Steffen and myself. We’re really stoked about all this, honestly.”

The Mountain King are:
Eric McQueen: Guitars, Bass, Theremin, Hammond, Synths, Vocals, Lyrics
Frank Gr’mbarth Dillschnitter: Additional guitar
Daniel Gallardo: Drums
Manuel El Churro ChuriĆ³n: Sitar
Yorgos Mourkousis: Saz

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The Mountain King, Wicked Zen (2020)

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