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4:13 AM EDT November 3, 2023:

Atomic Trip - "Bomb" From the album   Doomed & Stoned: The Instrumentalists (Vol. 1) (June 1, 2021)

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

One hundred and fifty years ago, cities around the world began to turn on one by one, wired with the wonder of electricity. In 2023, electrified instruments have come to life, raging against the machine that created them with sounds astounding and fierce. Caught under their hypnotic spell, three lads from Lyon erupt in worshipful noise to the almighty Riff.

This is ATOMIC TRIP. The doomed crew have hijacked our eardrums before, contributing big tracks to both Doomed & Stoned in France and Doomed & Stoned: The Instrumentalists.

Today, we witness a 21-minute behemoth from their latest album, 'Strike #3' (2022). Its powerful vibe seems all the more weighty in slow-motion frames and stark black and white. Cymbals tremor and drums rattle, joined by rumbling bass and crunchy guitar tone.

"Bomb #6" lumbers about like some faceless sludge monster from a 1950's horror movie, glowing with irradiated fuzz. Each beat takes the hulking mass deeper into dank surroundings. Atomic Trip turns simple motifs into a psychedelic trip through a slow 'n' low soundscape, crackling with strange fire.

Strike #3 yields two big bombs for an impressive 45 minute run time. Vinyl comes out March 24th via Tentacles Industries (pre-order here). "Bomb #6" fits just right on a playlist with Conan, Bongripper, and Electric Wizard.

This is the Doomed & Stoned world premiere.

Give ear...

WATCH & LISTEN: Atomic Trip - "Bomb #6"

SOME BUZZ

France’s Atomic Trip released their third album this past October and coming this March 24th, 2023, they will have it on vinyl available via Tentacles Industries. An epic two-track doom and sludge marauder, today the band presents their video for the 20-minute closer chef-d'oeuvre "Bomb #6".

"Bomb #6 follows with penetrating feedback and toms rolls, before a brutal silence and the entrance of the absolute anvil, its main riff which is the summit and the summary of the whole universe of the band. The more it goes on, the more the psychedelic heaviness sets in. And the end is just as definitive, with two last leaden minutes that twist your brain, concluded by leaking feedback and a final absolutely definitive drum hit." adds the band.

Fans familiar with Atomic Trip will not be disappointed with their latest album “Strike #3”; the sequel of “Strike #2” and Strike #1, it is even more crushing, and even more “in your face” than its predecessors. “Bomb #5” is full of finesse and heaviness, a fuzz apocalypse, and a cavalcade of mad drumming. “Bomb #6” interjects with penetrating feedback and toms rolls, and psychedelic heaviness. The last two last leaden minutes of it will completely twist your brain.

“We are so proud of our third album. We think that we have pushed all barriers to keep our motto: less is more. With a few riffs, we have made a progressive psychedelic doom masterpiece. Here the most simple becomes the most complex and every single note weighs a ton. A ton of harmonics, of resonance, of feedback. When we first played those tracks live, we were not confident and hesitated, but people reacted so well! From dark basements to the bigger stages at metal festivals, it has always been a total blast, from the top to the final drum hit. To describe Strike #3 in one sentence: like it or loathe it, you cannot ignore it.”

The album was mixed and mastered by Alexandre Borel and the album artwork was done by Jean-Luc Navette. Best served with a couple of brews and a joint, Atomic Trip is providing the soundtrack for a hazy evening and a cosmic trip so sit back and relax.

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