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Title: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on November 26, 2013, 09:59:03 AM
New Mammatus is out. 

Only on my second listen but enjoyable spaced out Mammatus riffs.  Very good stuff.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: Ryno on November 26, 2013, 11:12:32 AM
Is this a completely different lineup from the first two albums?  Thought I remembered there was some sort of shakeup.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on November 26, 2013, 11:20:54 AM
I think it's just a 3 piece now.  Read: they just lost one member.

Not sure.

It's on Spotify/iTunes and is in similar vein as previous albums.

http://www.headymental.com (http://www.headymental.com)
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on November 26, 2013, 09:37:54 PM
I just shelled out a whole $7 for this and am very happy I did so. Fucking riffage.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on November 26, 2013, 11:27:22 PM
I think these guys have got to be one of my top heavy rock bands.  No band sounds like them and they are psychy and awesome.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on November 27, 2013, 01:19:00 AM
At the price I paid, it was like $0.85 per year I waited for new Mammatus.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on November 27, 2013, 01:26:12 AM
Stoner Prog Wizard Jams
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: CanookieWookie on November 27, 2013, 01:35:44 PM
Quote from: mutantcolors on November 26, 2013, 09:37:54 PM
I just shelled out a whole $7 for this and am very happy I did so. Fucking riffage.

Files or cd?
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: whoshotthefrog on November 27, 2013, 02:28:34 PM
Quote from: CanookieWookie on November 27, 2013, 01:35:44 PM
Quote from: mutantcolors on November 26, 2013, 09:37:54 PM
I just shelled out a whole $7 for this and am very happy I did so. Fucking riffage.

Files or cd?


Vinyl or files.

http://www.midheaven.com/item/heady-mental-by-mammatus-lp (http://www.midheaven.com/item/heady-mental-by-mammatus-lp)
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on November 29, 2013, 10:12:52 AM
FLAC

Aint getting no physical media mailed to Bangkok.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: CanookieWookie on November 29, 2013, 05:19:11 PM
Thanks brothers.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on December 03, 2013, 07:17:22 AM
Track 2 6:00 minute mark mind melt.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on December 03, 2013, 11:06:15 AM
Track any minute mark any - mind melt.

Brainbow floats somewhere in the ether between Zombi and Brent Hinds pull off licks, yet sounds nothing like Zombi or Mastodon.

Album quickly rising through my top ten list.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on December 03, 2013, 11:31:24 AM
Yeah these dudes somehow ride that weirdo-nerd-psych thing (think porcupine tree) and take the ultra dorky wizardry and turn it awesome.

I think it has a lot to do with acid.

The Coast Explodes has been in my top ten since it came out but this climbs daily.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: mutantcolors on December 03, 2013, 11:47:29 AM
I said something to my friend, to the effect of "they must have had their drinks spiked with LSD like 1400 times or something, bad luck."
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on December 03, 2013, 07:56:56 PM
Quote from: mutantcolors on December 03, 2013, 11:47:29 AM
I said something to my friend, to the effect of "they must have had their drinks spiked with LSD like 1400 times or something, bad luck."

Good luck for us.  ;)
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: renfield on December 03, 2013, 08:14:28 PM
First track kinda drove me nuts with it's uncharacteristically monotextured progness, rest of the album was the follow up I've been waiting for for 7 years.

I'll give the beginning another shot though.
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: sleestak on December 04, 2013, 01:12:53 PM
I saw one of the band members say on F@CESP@CE there are some songs from the follow up to heady mental in one of the live sets posted here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=mammatus%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio (https://archive.org/search.php?query=mammatus%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio)
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: Ryno on December 05, 2013, 02:18:35 AM
Love the first two.  Bought this, spun it twice, and it's not grabbing hold yet.  I will let it sink in, but there is almost too much heady, mental shit going on and not quite enough of the stuff that made the first two albums so great.  I was expecting one thing and received another.

Maybe I need more time...
Title: Re: Mammatus - Heady Mental
Post by: aowdiwasad on December 23, 2013, 06:48:28 AM
New Mammatus is out.

Only on my second listen but enjoyable spaced out Mammatus riffs.  Very good stuff.