Seven Swords, by Black Elephant

Seven Swords

by Black Elephant

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Dave Aftandilian I love the thick sound here that wraps around you like warm, comforting smoke. And how it whisks my mind away from the everyday to fantastic dreamlands. With the Asian-inspired prog feel to some tracks, I also can’t help but think of Jade Warrior, which makes me smile.

Cowboy's Juke Joint Radio After Cosmic Blues I knew I'd buy whatever was next without even listening first. This album does not disappoint and a great follow up. Rock soaked with heavy blues. Hell yeah. Favorite track: Berta's Flame.

Erik Roobaert This album always inspires me to start playing the bass myself. Great stuff guys, perfect for live performance at festivals. Oh how I long for that. Favorite track: Red Sun and Blues Sun.

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1.	Berta's Flame 06:47	buy track
2.	The Last March of Yokozuna 03:23	buy track
3.	Yayoi Kusama 03:43	buy track
4.	Mihara 04:50	buy track
5.	Red Sun and Blues Sun 02:41	buy track
6.	Seppuku 03:32	buy track
7.	Govinda 08:48	buy track

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The planets have aligned, and space itself has opened up to grace us with the heavy roll of Black Elephant's Seven Swords. The Italian fuzzmongers mark 10 years of cooperative corporeal existence in 2020 and last checked in from their native Savona in Summer 2018 with the aptly-titled Cosmic Blues, and two years and an entire lifetime later they're back with another collection of classic-minded heavy groovers, picking the best the '70s, '90s and '10s had to offer in riffery and melding spacey blowouts with desert-hued hooks.

Seven Swords is the second LP Black Elephant have issued in league with Detroit-based imprint Small Stone Records, and whether it's the scorching leads of "Yayoi Kusama" or the conscious wink-and-nod of "Red Sun and Blues Sun" a short time later -- just ahead of the bluesy "Seppuku" and the near-nine-minute stretch of closer "Govinda" -- the four-piece bring their finest work to-date in an efficient seven-track/33-minute stretch, building not only on what they accomplished on Cosmic Blues, but also what their prior two full-lengths, 2014ís Bifolchi Inside and 2012ís Spaghetti Cowboys, were building toward. This is a band coming into their own, wasting neither their time or yours in the process.

Fuzz pedals preach on, the sky cracks, and the riffs themselves seem to lock bellies in sumo battles, so what the hell? The world's ending anyway. You might as well have some fun with it.

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released August 21, 2020

Black Elephant is:
Alessio Caravelli: guitar and vocals
Massimiliano Giacosa: guitar
Marcello Destefanis: bass
Simone Brunzu: drums

Recorded and mixed by Giulio Farinelli.
Recorded at Green Fog Studio, Genoa, Italy.
Mixed by Giulio Farinelli at Everybody On The Shore studio, Milan, Italy.
Mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs, Ann Arbor, MI.
Cover and Design by Robin Gnista.
Published by Small Stone Records (ASCAP).

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