Relase Date: August 9th, 2024
Label: The Lasting Dose (CD/LP/Digital)
EARTH SHIP: Metal Epidemic (UK) Debuts “Soar” LP From Berlin Based Heavyweight DOOM/SLUDGE/METAL Outfit; The Band’s Sixth Full-Length “Soar” Out Tomorrow on THE LASTING DOSE RECORDS. Listen to “Soar” in its Entirety RIGHT HERE.FFO: Melvins, Mastodon, Crowbar, Celtic Frost. Order HERE.
It’s one of the best tones I’ve heard committed to tape, and closes out an excellent album, one that deserves your attention, especially if sludge/doom is your jam.”Metal Epidemic (UK)
“raw, no-nonsense sludge metal that would rather kick your teeth in than wow you with any fancy tricks, and because of that, it’s excellent. (…) The song immediately brings us clobbering drums and humongous riffage that stomps like a brontosaur that found its groove, coupled with gritty, ferocious snarls which bring other beasts to mind. “No Clean Singing (US)
“Welcome back EARTH SHIP, you’ve been missed. Be prepared for an album that’s jam packed of outstanding grooves and breathtaking music that will have a timeless quality to them. Just like GRIN’s new album HUSH, SOAR is a definitive Album Of The Year contender.” Outlaws Of the Sun (UK)
“Earth Ship play their heavy retro sludge in glistening light, without frills and to the point (…)” Visions (DE)
“Once again, the trio show why they are true masters of their sludge genre and fight their way back to the throne with astonishing ease.” Demonic Nights (AT)
“Eart Ship, sludge-doom-stoner band from Berlin that we haven’t seen on these pages for a good six years, is back” Metal Italia (IT)
Check out the “Ghost Town” Video via VISIONS and 666MrDoom. And jump to the epic “Berefet” Video at No Clean Singing via THIS LINK.
Credits:
Music by Hebi Katana
Lyrics by Nobu and Laven
Produced by Hebi Katana
Recorded & Mixed by Ryuhi Inari at Void)))Lab
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura at PEACE MUSIC
Artwork by Doomolith
After 6 years of silence, sludge/doom trio EARTH SHIP make an unexpected return with their sixth album Soar. A phantasmagorical exploration of fever dreams and twilight states, Soars is a psychotronic collection of swaggering rhythms and dazzling textures. Plowing their way through eight longform tracks, EARTH SHIP uncover a world in which every extended riff is a journey into trance Atlantis, where your mind is immersed in hazy lofi-lullabies and heavy retro sounds.
Born in 2010 from the mother lode of the German sludge metal scene, EARTH SHIP emerged as one of the most relentless and heavy-hitting live bands of the European mainland. Consisting of heavy power couple Jan and Sabine Oberg (who also play together in GRIN and Slowshine) and a rotating cast of drummers, EARTH SHIP have played with many renowned acts such as Voivod, Red Fang, Crowbar and Amenra.
On Soar the two are joined by Slowshine-drummer André Klein (The Smokin ’44’s) whose no frills playing forms the perfect backdrop for the duo’s gut-wrenching riffage. Wandering along the steady rhythm of the drums, your mind is warmly held by deep bass tones and slowly engulfed by hazy lullabies of earth-toned guitars and vocals. EARTH SHIP color their world in Jan Oberg’s characteristic lofi-sound, being recorded, as is tradition, by him in his own Hidden Planet Studio. These songs are a testament to his 18 year-long experience as one of Germany’s most prolific producers in sludge metal, having released many pristine sounding records with his own bands GRIN and Slowshine, but also via his label The Lasting Dose Records. Jan knows how to render a metal band’s sound with incredible attention to detail but without unnecessary polish and this album is no exception to his indelible ethos.
With Soar the characteristic EARTH SHIP-sound is lifted to new heights. From the shifting time-signatures of album opener Shallow to the lovely old-school vibes of Daze and Delights, Soars is a literal delight to listen to for fans of slow and heavy with a good sound system. A mighty recommendation for doom metal aficionados with an ear for detail and a delicate nose for quality riffs!
DISCOGRAPHY:
2011 Earth Ship – Exit Eden/Pelagic Records
2012 Earth Ship – Iron Chest/Pelagic Records
2013 Earth Ship – …As if she were a black bird EP/Raddatz Records
2014 Earth Ship – Withered/Pelagic Records
2016 Earth Ship – Hollowed/Napalm Records
2018 Earth Ship – Resonant Sun/Pelagic Records
LINE-UP 2024:
Sabine Oberg – Bass
André Klein – Drums
Jan Oberg – Guitars, Vocals
PRESS:
„The Best Parts of The Ocean and Baroness Rolled Into One… Berlin sludge trio Earth Ship just released a new album through Pelagic this week… and holy shit, it’s a crusher and a half.“ – METAL SUCKS (US)
“Yet beyond the aggression, fragile lyrics gorgeously illustrate that within bleak, darkened realms you can fnd things of terrible beauty.“ – (Metal Hammer UK, (8/10)
„One of the most awesome bands I’ve come across in the past few months has been Berlin’s Earth Ship. Part sludge behemoth, part quirky math metal monster, part psychedelic thrash, the band’s second album, Iron Chest, has recently seen the light of day on Pelagic Records and it’s well worth whatever eartime you can give it.“ – DECIBEL
„It’s raw, no-nonsense sludge metal that would rather kick your teeth in than wow you with any fancy tricks, and because of that, it’s excellent.“ – No Clean Singing (US)
„Virtuos kontrollierte Urgewalt mit einem Groove-Gerust, das gefangen nimmt. Brutalität war selten so attraktiv.“ (8/12) – Visions
“Earth Ship machen auf ihre Art ebenfalls in „Shovel Metal“, knallt ihr Sound doch so heftig ins Gesicht, als ob dir ein Berliner Totengräber seine Schippe durchs Gesicht zieht.” (7. Platz Soundcheck, Metal Hammer, 5.0)
“Im englischsprachigen Raum wurden die Zeitschriften die Band zum Herzschrittmacher eines siechenden Subgenres hochjubeln, also steht zu hofen, dass das verantwortliche Label dem Potenzial dieser Scheibe auf der internationalen Buhne Rechnung trägt.” (Rock Hard, 8.0)
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