Psychedelic doom rockers, MOTOROWL, will release their new album 'Atlas' on July 27th through Century Media Records!
The band comments on the songwriting and recording process:
'We started writing ‘Atlas’ right after the release of ‘Om Generator’ to stay in the flow. Also we played a lot of concerts during the process of writing, so we were constantly playing the old songs live while we were writing the new material at the same time. We realized that the live feeling is an essential part of our music, so we decided to record the whole album live altogether as a full band in the studio.'
'And when you do such live recordings, you need the perfect partner, engineer and a place where you feel comfy. We found all that at ‘Off The Road Studios’ in Leipzig. It’s a marvelous place with a big library in the main studio, a fireplace and a lot of room. We met there with our friend Charlie Paschen (who works with bands like Coogans Bluff or Rotor) to record the album within ten days. The decision to let Mr. Dan Swanö do the mix and mastering again was easy. He simply knows how we have to sound like.'
'‘Atlas’ combines the pain in our chests with the indestructible force that we have as a band to make this music together. We wanted to mash the power of synth driven 80s rock hymns with the deep crushing slowness of a doom riff. ‘Atlas’ was written by the whole band and that’s the deep essence of our music: Five very different guys who work together like a clockwork.'
The artwork was created by Pol Abram (Branca Studio).
'Atlas' tracklisting:
1. Infinite Logbook
2. The Man Who Rules The World
3. Atlas
4. To Give
5. To Take
6. Cargo
7. Norma Jean
All physical formats of 'Atlas' can already be preordered here: https://Motorowl.lnk.to/Atlas
MOTOROWL live:
30.05.18 Nethphen-Deuz (Germany) – Freak Valley Festival
06.06.18 Zürich (Switzerland) - Mascotte*
11.06.18 Brussels (Belgium) - Ancienne Belgique*
13.06.18 Munich (Germany) – Backstage Halle*
15.06.18 Nuremberg (Germany) - Z-Bau*
28.07.18 Leipzig (Germany) – Werk 2
10.08.18 Dortmund (Germany) – Junkyard Open Air
01.09.18 Jena (Germany) – TBA
19.10.18 Berlin (Germany) – Setalight Festival
20.10.18 Weimar (Germany) - Kasseturm
*) with ALL THEM WITCHES
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LINEUP
Max Hemmann - Guitar/Vocals
Vinzenz Steiniger - Guitar
Martin Scheibe - Drums
Tim Camin - Bass
Daniel Dettlev - Keys
BIOGRAPHY
True talent can be found anywhere: black metal in China, NWOBHM worship in Peru, crushing death in Indonesia, yet brilliant psychedelic doom rock which easily can compete with today's high international standards from Thuringia, a state in the eastern part of Germany, is still quite a surprising discovery though the region is renowned for its diverse music scene. Now, Century Media Records, proudly present you the young quintet, MOTOROWL, formed in 2014 when most of its band members were not even twenty years old! MOTOROWL quickly developed a heavy sound blessed with fabulous riffs, great vocal melodies, and a grinding Hammond organ on top. Think SPIRITUAL BEGGARS or Uriah Heep on a bad acid trip. Think 70's inspired, damn heavy hard rock with a contemporary, gloomy twist.
Created with pure passion and incredible, mature song-writing skills, the band's debut, “Om Generator”, was co-produced by Fabian Hildebrandt (of label mates DESERTED FEAR) and the mighty Dan Swanö took over mix and mastering duties.
Dan Swanö: "Amazing mixture of stoner and 70's hard rock executed with finesse. I had an amazing time mixing their songs, that always seemed to take a turn towards the unexpected."
Fabian Hildebrandt: “Congratulations to my buddies from Motorowl! It does say something, when a band goes from a rancid rehearsal room in Gera straight away to touring with Bombus, and even manages to convince a label as renowned as Century Media . I still remember vividly, how they asked me to record their album. Initially, I was rather critical, but after I saw them live I immediately knew that I HAD TO. Stunning… extremely young, no idea about nothing, yet insanely talented! Motorowl are a true rock band and I am curious to see, where the future journey of Daniel, Martin, Max, Tim and Vinz will take them.”
After having played a good share of gigs with Jex Thoth, Path Of Samsara, and a tour with Sweden's BOMBUS, MOTOROWL offer live experience as well and even Germany's Visions Mag highly recommended these newcomers promising it would not take long until they got signed.
DISCOGRAPHY
Om Generator - 2016
Atlas - 2018