Ufomammut – ORO: Opus After (2012)

Cranking out their second release of 2012 through Neurot Recordings, Italy’s incomparable Ufomammut delivers another devastating five tracks of pure Psychedelic Doom destruction unlike any other band can produce. The band continues on their ORO trilogy with this second album titled “Opus After”, and from the looks of it, it will be another killer concept trilogy indeed. We quite enjoyed their first ORO release titled “Opus Primum” and this one just keeps getting better.

Opening with the very funky “Oroborus”, the band nicely sets a 60’s/70’s mood with psychedelic guitars before switching into more distorted Doom riffs. The track nicely progresses and works as a perfect lead-up to “Luxon”, the album’s first undisputed single. In this track we are treated to a more Ufomammut signature Doom with pounding riffs and disgruntled vocals. The weird atmospheric hints are dead on in creating an odd ambiance that nicely fits the band’s very dark and crushing sound. This track also reminded us of Year of No Light and their excellent “Ausserwelt”.

The very sparse “Sulphurdew” has a very interesting Door’s like tempo, we would just kept waiting for the funky organs to come in, but this is not that type of release. The build-up again is excellent in this song, but the chaotic and destructive drumming of the climax is just outstanding and very satisfactory for such a track. “Sublime” goes a bit Drone-ish at first, but once the Sludgy chugging riffs come through, the track somewhat changes directions very creatively.

Closing with the full-on pummeling aggression of “Deityrant”, the band delivers our favorite track in a very interesting package. Up until the first four minutes you would never guess that the band playing is Ufomammut, making it quite interesting how they transformed their sound for this track.

As a whole “ORO: Opus After” is an excellent release that is hundreds of times better than the first album in the ORO trilogy. This also have us very excited and eagerly waiting for the new release since we want to know how the band will close this epic trilogy. If you are a fan of Ufomammut, you won’t be disappointed by this excellent release since it features everything we love about the band in a compact package.

Release: September 17th, 2012

Genre: Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal

Country: Itlay