Swedish heavy rockers Dozer are looking to issue their first full-length since 2008 sometime this year as part of Blues Funeral Recordings‘ PostWax vinyl subscription series, and I can think of few albums that I personally am more anticipating hearing in 2022 than that. Maybe none.

I won’t at all discount the work guitarist and principal songwriter Tommi Holappa has done with Greenleaf in Dozer‘s absence — 2021’s Echoes From a Mass (review here) was a heavy blues beacon in a pretty dark year, and I don’t think it’s out of line to say that Greenleaf has progressed along a path that’s in part informed by where Dozer might’ve gone while benefitting from the differences of the other personalities involved; I could go on about this and probably will at some point — but after a decade of periodic shows and hints that something might be in the works, to know new Dozer is in actual progress feels great.

They’ll make their next record without drummer Olle Mårthans, it seems. Mårthans was with the band since 2008’s Beyond Colossal (discussed here; reissue featured here) — such as it was — and was a monster behind the kit, injecting youthful energy into Dozer‘s tried and true aggressive style of riff-led shove. The new drummer is Sebastian Olsson, who also plays in Greenleaf — Dozer bassist Johan Rockner likewise played in Greenleaf for a time, so there’s plenty of fluid history between the two bands — and he’ll appear on the new Dozer release, which, again, is happening and that’s wonderful.

The band’s social media announcement follows:

DOZER – BIG NEWS

We’d like to thank our (now former) drummer Olle for all the good memories. He could, sadly, no longer participate in our journey.

We’d also like to thank our new drummer Sebastian, also in Greenleaf, for taking part in this new chapter.

Great things are coming. New album with a new swinging setup.

DOZER is:
Tommi Holappa – Guitar
Fredrik Nordin – Guitar/Vox
Johan Rockner – Bass
Sebastian Olsson – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/dozerband
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https://www.instagram.com/blues.funeral/
https://bluesfuneralrecordings.bandcamp.com/
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Dozer, Beyond Colossal (2008)

Tags: Blues Funeral Recordings, Borlange, Dozer, PostWax, Sweden

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