Black Rainbows Launch Preorders for Superskull Out June 9; New Video Posted
Pardon the indulgence, but it happens so infrequently that I feel the need to point out I was right about two things last week when I posted the first announcement from Heavy Psych Sounds about the new Black Rainbows LP. Two things! Correct! If you read this site on anything close to a regular basis, I’m sure you already know how rare that is.
First, the release date is June 9. Called it. I used context clues.
Second, the album is called Superskull, which means I was also right to look forward to finding out what the title would be, because that’s a killer one and for sure in keeping with the Italian trio’s penchant for such things. Just what is a ‘superskull?’ I don’t know, but it sounds cool. I assume it’d keep your brain really safe?
If you want to stretch it, maybe I was even right another time too because I got to hear it and the album rules. It’s a 2LP, which is a first for the band, and feels well enough earned for an act putting out their ninth album in 16 years. Heralded by the party that is “Superhero Dopeproof” — video at the bottom of the post — you get a sense of some (not all) of the surprises in store with a bit of the tonal crunch and stripping down the band has done across some but not all of the material, pulling back on some (not all) of the effects wash of 2020’s Cosmic Ritual Supertrip (review here) for a relatively straight-ahead shove with a characteristically catchy chorus and sounds-good-roll-with-it vibe. If it isn’t, it sounds very much like a song that came together the first or second time they played it in rehearsal; all its parts are where they need to be, everything works, set, killer.
This won’t be the last single revealed ahead of Superskull‘s June 9 arrival, but it’s a burner and that’s obviously what they’re shooting for in a first impression, so right on.
It came from the PR wire:
SUPERHERO DOPEPROOF is the first single taken from BLACK RAINBOWS upcoming new album SUPERSKULL !!!
Italian stoner rock heroes BLACK RAINBOWS return with their ninth studio album “Superskull” on Heavy Psych Sounds this June, and present their brand new “Superhero Dopeproof” video exclusively on Metal Injection. Fasten your seatbelts!
Three years after their latest sonic bomb “Cosmic Ritual Supertrip”, mighty Italian stoner rockers BLACK RAINBOWS are ready to kick the dust with their trademark fire and twelve exciting new tracks: be ready to embrace the full power of their new album “Superskull”! With increased attention paid to details and guitars during the recording, the trio seems to have found the perfect balance and tone for their fuzz-fueled stoner sound, offering a few tasty surprises along the way!
ALBUM PRESALE:
https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/
USA PRESALE:
https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop-usa.html
SAYS THE BAND:
“Superhero dopeproof” it’s the twisted story of a loser superhero: He’s using drugs, dealing at the corner, he can’t even defend himself by bad luck of life… it’s the opposite version of a real superhero!”
DIGITAL PRESAVE:
https://bfan.link/superhero-dopeproof
Video shot by Mr Bureca, the photographer and director the band is working with since the last years. The band just loaded all the backline possible and went into a colorful studio for the shooting!
Guitarist and frontman Gabriele Fiori comments: “This album gives you not only incredible heavy stoner rock gems but it also contains one space acoustic song, one super psychedelic suite, and one trippy melodic ballad that all make a perfect mixture for what is sure to be our best album so far!”
“Superskull” was recorded, mixed and engineered by Fabio Sforza at Forward Studio and mastered by Claudio Pisi Gruer at Pisistudio in Rome, Italy. The cover was designed by Brazilian artist Pedro Correa. It will be issued in a limited double gatefold vinyl edition, colored and black vinyl editions CD and digital, with preorders available now from Heavy Psych Sounds.
TRACKLIST:
1. Apocalipse March
2. Superhero Dopeproof
3. Children Of Fire And Sacrifices
4. Cosmic Ride Of The Cristal Skull
5. The Pilgrim Son
6. Till The Outerspace
7. Lone Wolf
8. King Snake
9. Desert Sun
10. All The Chaos In Mine
11. Megalomania
12. Fire In The Sky
BLACK RAINBOWS is
Gabriele Fiori — Guitars & Vocals
Edoardo “Mancio” Mancini — Bass
Filippo Ragazzoni — Drums
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