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Blacklab are back. The self-proclaimed Doom witch duo from Osaka drop their 3rd album In A Bizarre Dream. Their debut Under the Strawberry Moon 2.0 saw them taking Sabbath inspired doom, mashing it with a Japanese sensibility and a fuzzed-up groove. It certainly caused a stir, but only hinted at their potential. Album two Abyss added to the mix. A Stooges like squalor to the riffs, dollops of lo-fi hardcore punk and loose riffing, pointing the way towards a signature sound. So what of the difficult third album? Not so difficult at all it seems. In A Bizarre Dream ups the ante considerably, to let rip and define what Blacklab are about. The combined talents of Jun Morino on production and Wayne Adams (Big Lad, Green Lung, Pet Brick, John, Cold In Berlin) on the mix have conspired to produce a towering beast of a record. A real step forward for the Doom Witch Duo. The drums have a humungous Fugazi like welly, and the guitars are a boiling maelstrom of fuzz dense riffola and warped psychedelics, with added synth. Yukos throat shredding snarls are as mean as a pissed off Satan, and melodious, often within the same song. This is doom meets hardcore punk, hooky melodies, and killer riffs, all cranked up to the max. Japan has always had a special take on noise and heavy and with In A Bizarre Dream Blacklab add their own spin to that tradition. Gone is the lo-fi approach, here is Blacklab in full effect.
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