Saltpig Are In League With the Devil on "Satan's War" (Video Premiere)
Doom metal has always been a bit of a melting pot of a genre, and cross-pollination is more than welcome in the lands of slow riffs and overdriven amplifiers. Saltpig is the strange resulting flower of one such collaboration, with vocalist multi-instrumentalist Mitch Davis (who's worked with LA Guns, Damon Albarn, and others) joining forces with ex-Annihilator drummer Fabio Alessandrini to create something that sounds like none of any of that. Rooted in low-fidelity, garage-brewed stoner rock and proto-metal, Saltpig's debut self-titled album explores B-movie style occult horror through catchy hooks and crackling fuzz, with Davis's half-howled, half-sung vocals drawing listeners into the band's lurid world.
There's a little more metallic edge here than one might initially expect, but also a lot of sing-along catchiness. Saltpig is a different beast from what occult rock usually sounds like in large part due to the band's chops. Alessandrini melds heavy rock groove with monstrous fills, and on top of crafting especially hypnotic riffs, Davis delivers a vocal performance that's simply not often matched in the genre while still slotting in with a gritty, horror-obsessed atmosphere.
Having successfully self-released on digital and cassette earlier this year, the band has signed up with Heavy Psych Sounds for a full physical release in May. Ahead of that, we're premiering a new music video for the opening track, "Satan's War," which provides a blood-red backdrop of vintage horror dread for the song. Watch below:
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Saltpig releases via Heavy Psych Sounds on May 31st and CD/LP can be pre-ordered here.
