Acid Mammoth – Supersonic Megafauna Collision (Review)

This is the fourth album from Greek doom metallers Acid Mammoth.

I enjoyed 2021’s lumbering Caravan, so was pleased when the enormous snout of Supersonic Megafauna Collision appeared on the horizon. Delivering 42 minutes of new material, Acid Mammoth double down on their personable brand of doomgroove across these six new songs.

And who doesn’t love some doomgroove heaviness? Supersonic Megafauna Collision takes its core influences – Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard – and runs with them, making the most of doom’s ancient heart to power their own vision of heaviness. Acid Mammoth can play this sort of thing in their sleep at this point, but they don’t do so; it’s with eyes wide awake in primal terror that they unleash torrent upon torrent of huge riffs, flattening grooves, and menacing doom horror. I like that the album gets darker and doomier as it progresses, which is a lovely touch.

You won’t find anything particularly new or innovative in Acid Mammoth’s tried-and-tested sound, but that’s resolutely not the point. Supersonic Megafauna Collision is all about the doom, about worshiping The Riff, and getting lost in mountains of distortion. In this, like its predecessor, it succeeds nicely. Like I basically said in my review of Caravan, Acid Mammoth simply play this style better than most. If this atavistic style appeals to you, then Acid Mammoth have once again delivered the goods.