{"id":9945,"date":"2023-11-05T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9945"},"modified":"2023-11-27T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:34:36","slug":"evil-blizzard-continue-to-confound-expectations-with-their-best-album-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9945","title":{"rendered":"Evil Blizzard continue to confound expectations with their best album yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">ALBUM REVIEW: Evil Blizzard &#8211; Rotting In The Belly Of The Whale (Crackedankles\/Cargo)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evil Blizzard have been confounding critics and winning new fans for more than a decade now with their bass-heavy aural assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking a leaf out of Slipknot&#8217;s book, the Preston-based band &#8211; now six strong &#8211; wear gruesome masks and call themselves a &#8216;Victorian freak show&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After having four bassists for previous releases, they&#8217;ve now &#8216;only&#8217; got three after Filthydirty swapped four strings for six. They&#8217;ve also got a singing drummer and a pig on keys, which makes them quite unlike any other band around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is their fourth studio album, but their first with a new line-up which includes Fleshcrawl, Hawkwind&#8217;s vocalist and bassist for more than 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"evil blizzard\" class=\"wp-image-9946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Evil-Blizzard-credit-John-Middleham-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Evil Blizzard. Pic by John Middleham.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While personnel might change, Evil Blizzard&#8217;s hypnotic blend of psych, metal, punk and krautrock hasn&#8217;t, and still makes them impossible to label. They&#8217;ve introduced more synths and keys to the mix, making their sound fuller than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After touring their last album, 2018&#8217;s<em> The Worst Show On Earth<\/em>, Evil Blizzard took a year off, reconvening in March 2020, just in time for the Covid-19 pandemic to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rotting In The Belly Of The Whale<\/em>, released on their own Crackedankles label, was written during and after lockdown, and reflects the fear, paranoia and claustrophobia of those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It kicks off with <em>All Pigs With Snouts In The Trough<\/em>, surely a commentary on the feeding frenzy for lucrative PPE contracts among Tory pals signalled by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Pigs With Snouts In The Trough\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xtHM9DBJzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like most of the seven tracks which follow, it&#8217;s dense, disturbing even, yet utterly mesmeric; it possesses the power of Black Sabbath, lots of post-punk repetition, and a real gothic feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lumbering <em>All You Bad, Bad People<\/em>, big-riffing <em>Clouds Like Ghosts<\/em> and title track <em>Rotting In the Belly Of The Whale<\/em> are droning, hypnotic, disturbing and awesome, all at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Professional Driver<\/em> is a distortion-filled banger with Lydon-like warbling vocals, while <em>Tiny People<\/em>, the shortest song here at just 57 seconds, thunders along like Girls In Synthesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Unsettling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unsettling <em>Lullaby <\/em>urges the listener to &#8220;sleep well, dream well&#8221;, but there&#8217;s little chance of that, and things are brought to a close with the epic 11 1\/2-minute <em>Darkness<\/em>, which exudes bleakness before picking up pace and reaching a thrilling climax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve never heard them, Evil Blizzard are likly to appeal to fans of Killing Joke, Public Image Limited and The Membranes. 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