I think I have mentioned before that Mustasch are the bastard sons of Metallica and Motorhead, but they have that added gift of being able to write very catchy hooks and melodies, and that my friends is priceless.
After the very atmospheric intro of Tritonus, we launch straight into the doomy sounding Heresy Blasphemy. I love the low end chunk and the evil sounding groove. It’s favourite track time next with Mine. This is a perfect example of what I was saying about them being able to write catchy tunes. This is as catchy as they come. It has a monster riff and groove coupled with a hook chorus that bands dream of, it also delivers vocally with that exact amount of angst, and ladies and germs we have a winner!
Damn It’s Dark follows and the delivery is almost punk in the main verse, and that changes completely in the pre-chorus, it’s like two different songs in one. Great stuff! The short burst of The Man The Myth The Wreck follows, and man what a great freakin’ tune. It has a superb low end groove and riff, with a monster vocal all crammed into two minutes and forty-one seconds. The Audience Is Listening follows and it’s all about the hook and chorus wrapped around a simple chord progression. Desolate closes out Side 2 and the groove and riff are slow and choppy, I get big Metallica vibes from parts of this song.
Side 2 takes us to Deep In The Woods, I love the main chugga riff and four to the floor groove. Now, we all know I don’t love ballads but I really like I’m Frustrated, and that’s because of the tone of Ralf Gyllenhammar’s voice. He has such a cool vibe to his delivery that I really love. Lonely is the next track and I get big Cult vibes from this one. A simple chord progression added to a simple beat and groove with that huge vocal sound, they make it look easy. It’s huge riff time with Blackout Blues. It has a low end chunk that Metallica would be proud of.
The album closes out proper with Tritonus reprised. A huge piece with strings and the full orchestra, until that huge doomy riff takes over. Then Shakespeare Sonnet 29 is spoken over the top of the music. There is a bonus track which is the instrumental version of Mine.
A great band that don’t mean a whole lot outside of mainland Europe.
9.5/10 from The Grooveman.
