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Mandrone Records and Civil War are proud to bring for the fist time in UK the Italian Stoners Black Elephant. (Small Stone Rec)

The four-piece have conjured ghosts of ‘70s heavy and masterful ‘90s riffmongering to offer a brew both potent and thoroughly modern. Cosmic Blues is their third album behind 2014’s Bifolchi Inside and 2012’s Spaghetti Cowboys (get it?) and marks their debut on Small Stone Records.

https://www.facebook.com/blackelephantitaly/
https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-blues

Supporting acts Gramma Vedetta and Oak from London and Superseed from Bristol.

Friday 22nd of May at The Black Heart
3 Greenland Pl, Camden Town, London NW1 0AP

TIX £10 ADV / £12 OTD

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Black Elephant

Comprised of lead vocalist/lead guitarist Alessio Caravelli, rhythm guitarist Massimiliano Giacosa, bassist Marcello Destefanis and drummer Simone Brunzu, Black Elephant make their mark in their home country’s booming heavy rock underground with memorable songs and a sound that’s just as comfortable getting funky on “Chase Me” as it is reimagining Soundgarden as a riff rock outfit à la peak-era Dozer, rolling out huge grooves en route to “Cosmic Blues for Solitary Moose,” loaded with fuzz and scorching solos.

Given a brisk, live sound in its production – fitting for a group with hundreds of shows under their collective belt – Cosmic Blues comes across natural and at times maintains the intensity of Black Elephants’ earlier work (closer “Inno” walks by and waves), while simultaneously exploring more spacious realms in the not-a-cover “Helter Skelter” and the takeoff jammer “Baby Eroina,” which eases into and out of its nodding rhythm with a smoothness worthy of a group’s third album and a fluidity that typifies the record’s entire 34-minute run.

Leaving their own tracks in the footsteps of bands like Small Stone’s own Isaak, Black Elephant hit a new level of craft with Cosmic Blues, and if the righteous drive of opener “Cosmic Soul,” the flowing progression of the LP that ensues, and the name they’ve given the whole affair are anything to go by, they know it for sure. All the better.

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Gramma Vedetta
https://www.facebook.com/grammavedetta
Gramma Vedetta are an three-piece Stoner Grunge outfit, fusing a no-nonsense attitude with a passion for sci-fi and colossal riffs. 

OAK
https://www.facebook.com/oakstoner
Oak is a metal stoner band forged in the heart of London, England. The band offers energetic visual performances, testifying to the band's admiration for the theatrical performance of the classic rock legends of the 70s.

Superseed
https://www.facebook.com/superseedrock/
Superseed boast a two pronged attack of singer/guitarists and a solid, driving rhythm section. With a varied mix of hard rock, punk, stoner and grunge influences proudly worn on their sleeves, this four piece band from Bristol create a huge anthemic wall of sound guaranteed to get your head nodding and body moving