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Sleepwulf - Sunbeams url (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2022)

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Sleepwulf Unveil New Music Video From Sophomore LP

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

I'm a preacher's kid and I recall my dad was oft fond of telling folks, "If Satan manifested as a human being, he most likely would not appear as a sinister figure with pitchfork in hand. To the contrary, he would appear as a kindly old man that no one would ever suspect of harming a soul."

Such a personage is perhaps featured on the cover of Sunbeams Curl, where a hermit bathed in the hue of blood red is seen reading or displaying a book, it really depends on your point of view. Is he revealing it or obscuring it from view? Are we looking at the book's text or its cover? The writing itself is indiscernible. I tried every which way -- left to right, right to left, diagonally, horizontally, vertically, and wondered whether there was a message too deeply coded for anyone to break. One thing is for certain: whether priest or heretic, he knows something that you do not.

If there could be a word picture for "occult" this would be it. Don't let that word frighten you prematurely; it simply means something "hidden" or "obscured" from normal sight. I suppose this thought could be extended to encompass mystery and malediction as we come to the second record from Sweden’s SLEEPWULF.

Resting somewhere in the neighborhood of Pentagram and Rory Erikson and Uriah Heep, The Kristianstad quartet came to our attention in 2019, with the single "Lucifer's Light," and this was followed by a full-length release with vinyl issued on Cursed Tongue Records. They've now found a fitting home on Heavy Psych Sounds in the company of Hazemaze, Tons, and Sonic Flower, alongside such scene luminaries as Brant Bjork, Nebula, and Kylesa.

Secrets are revealed on Sunbeams Curl, with the first track boldly proclaiming its allegiances. "Satan Is King" is as blatant a song title as any dreamed up by the anti-rock & metal crowd during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Question: Are they being facetious or does the band really buy into The Devil's Reign? The answer could be neither, as the song could plausibly embody the dire, shaken-voiced warning of some demented old villager, perhaps (and this is a stretch) even from the lips of some Medieval warlock.

The chilling air of urban legends and forbidden tales is everywhere, with "Green Man Dead" holding some contemporaneous significance with its talk of smoke stacks, iron lungs, and contaminated soil. Are we living in the End of Days? Or perhaps the End of These Days? Regardless, it's not far-fetched at all for me to imagine Sleepwulf songs becoming the nursery rhymes of some sunless generation living in fallout and ashes, the new Ring Around The Rosy.

"Sex Magic Manifestation" is the clear standout of the record, and will certainly find delight among fans of dark rockers Castle, Demon Head, and Young Hunter. The song features an effective three-beat chorus that we may well still be humming by year's end.

Next up: "Stoned Ape." The bouncy rhythm of the drums is tempered by chill guitar and buoyant organ tones. The song appears to recount what surely was an auspicious moment in the evolution of our brains -- that moment when our ancestors first encountered psychedelic weeds, flowers, and fungi. It's captured in passages like, "Walk on two feet, you're cunning by Pete, the stars are your new canopy" and then there's something about becoming "the gods that you will create" (a fantastic lyric, BTW). Thus ends the A-side. There are four more songs on B, but this is where our stop is.

This week, Doomed & Stoned presents the world premiere of the music video "Stoned Ape" by Sleepwulf, which is now the third single to be revealed from the band's Sunbeams Curl LP. The release sees light on February 18th (pre-order here).

Give ear...

WATCH: Sleepwulf - Stoned Ape

SOME BUZZ

Sleepwulf are the new wizards on the block of stoner rock. Stemming the forests of Southern Sweden, they have channeled the sultry sounds of old with modern influences to create a heavy sound laden with psychedelic grooves. Fans of bands such as Witchcraft, Black Sabbath, as well as early Pentagram will find plenty to love here. After making waves with their self-released single "Lucifer's Light" they were quickly signed to Cursed Tongue Records in early 2020. Recently emerging from the studio, their critically acclaimed debut album is a bonfire of riff heavy music that is sure to set alight any crowd.

Fresh off the back of their critically acclaimed debut album, reaching #3 in the global doom charts. The Swedish doom wizards, Sleepwulf have now signed with label giants Heavy Psych Sounds to unleash their highly anticipated second LP.

Written in the dark days of 2020-21, this new journey drips with the seductive sounds of riff rock psychedelic ecological doom and conjures the echoes of bands such as Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull.

Out of this fire, Sleepwulf have summoned songs that ooze with fuzzy riffs, sordid tales and seductive occultism.

SLEEPWULF - Sunbeams Curl by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records

From mountain peak to valley deep, Sleepwulf’s new album 'Sunbeams Curl' (2022) is a journey that is dripping with the seductive sounds of riff rock psychedelic proto-doom.

Conjuring the sounds of bands such as Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull, Sleepwulf have summoned an album that oozes with fuzzy riffs, sordid tales and seductive occultism. If the first album was about cycles, this one is about breaking them and its consequences.

'Sunbeams Curl' delves further into the well of ancient mysticism, alchemy and the occult. The underlying thread connecting it all, is the power of words to manifest reality; in both the individual and the collective consciousness. This extends to the album artwork, with hidden optics and codes. Deciphering these will reap their own rewards.

The album was recorded live in their own woodland studio outside Kristianstad, Sweden. To capture a live organic sound everything was done live onto an old tape machine. This new album is both heavier and more dynamic, building upon every aspect of the last. This is an album with hidden secrets which will unravel in the not too distant future.

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