Band:	Acid Mammoth
Album:	Supersonic Megafauna Collision
Style:	Doom metal, Stoner metal
Release date:	April 2024

01. Supersonic Megafauna Collision
02. Fuzzorgasm (Keep On Screaming)
03. Garden Of Bones
04. Atomic Shaman
05. One With The Void
06. Tusko's Last Trip

“Dance with the fuzz now, baby. Feed your desire!”

I first discovered the Greek project Acid Mammoth when researching the discography of Italian stoner band 1782 in preparation for my review of their 2023 album Clamor Luciferi. Listening to the 2020 split release Doom Sessions Vol. 2 of the two bands, I remember liking the style of Acid Mammoth a lot more. So, when I saw the Greeks’ newest album Supersonic Megafauna Collision among the list of new releases, my hopes were high to have a good stoner experience.

What I didn't like about 1782’s stoner metal approach is their overly calm and almost unassuming style, in which both instruments and vocals drone along in the background without creating any big impact on the listener. Acid Mammoth thankfully take a more direct approach, demanding your attention with loud, midtempo, chunky riffage and the singer's falsetto wailing. Now, these more in-your-face vocals of course run the risk of being too intrusive, edging on annoying whining. On each repeated listen, my personal opinion keeps switching between enjoyment and slight cringe. At times, the singing style sounds kind of like that trippy, spaced-out vibe of King Buffalo’s vocals, which I generally enjoy. However, the high-pitched vocals of Acid Mammoth at other times sound too over-the-top, causing me to wince. In the end, it will be up to the preference of the individual listener to decide whether the vocal style is a good fit for the music.

The guitar-work, in contrast, is indisputable in its quality, I'd say. The riffs are everything one would hope to expect from stoner doom: ominous and catchy at the same time. With a rumbling, fuzzy foundation, the guitars provide crunchy groove and piercing solos. The drumming and bass guitar work together in lockstep to craft a nice midtempo rhythm, reminiscent of the slow, incessant trudging of mammoth feet.

There's also a surprising amount of variety of moods on Supersonic Megafauna Collision. You have the calm, distortion-free, and vaguely oriental-sounding instrumentation on “One With The Void”. You have the patient, lumbering doom tracks like the 11-minute-long closer “Tusko's Last Trip”.
And, you have the relatively fast-paced “Fuzzorgasm” with humorous seductive lyrics like:
“Come feel fuzz now, baby. Walk through the fire!
Come taste the fuzz now, baby. Your soul's on fire! Yeah!
Absorb the fuzz now, baby. Come fuel the fire!
Dance with the fuzz now, baby. Feed your desire! Yeah!”
Yeah, the lyrics are cheesy and simplistic, but together with the ultra-groovy guitar-work, how can you resist the fuzz now, baby?

With high-quality, catchy riffs and melodic, lead guitar-work on every song, I'm happy to say that Acid Mammoth have created a fun listening experience that every proper stoner metal fan should try out. The vocals might not be to everyone's liking, but the engaging songwriting and a fresh dose of variety amongst the tracklist make Supersonic Megafauna Collision a worthy, enjoyable release for fans of the fuzz.