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Mammoth Volume is a band that formed in 1996 in Lysekil, Sweden. The line-up was eventually finalized with Kalle Berlin - Bass; Nicklas Andersson - Drums, vocals, bass, percussion; Daniel Gustafsson - Guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, flutes, accordion; and Jörgen Andersson - Vocals. The band started out as a stoner rock band with progressive tendencies and evolved into more of a "progressive stoner rock" band. While that term may seem like an oxymoron, the band was very successful merging the two genres into it's own unique sound.
The band signed with The Music Cartel lablel and their first, self-titled full album was full of slick stoner rock grooves and touches of progressive rock in the form of changing time signatures and folk interludes. The album even included an instrumental jazz tune! Their second effort was the EP, Nora Dance. This showed the band moving into more progressive rock territory while retaining their stoner rock roots. The band's third release, the full length A Single Book of Songs by Mammoth Volume, was their magnum opus. It perfectly blends retro, early 70's style prog rock with stoner rock. With lots of acoustic guitars, odd time signatures and time changes, Keyboards, and flutes. Even the production sounds straight out of the 70's. The album brought the band acclaim, mainly in the stoner rock community.
Following the success of A Single Book ..., the band released a compilation of early tracks, The Early Years and toured parts of Europe. The band wound down it's activity shortly after self-releasing 2005's Return of the Mammoth Volume and 2008's L.B.F.H.B.D. The band was mostly inactive until 2020 when, out of the blue, they announced they would be returning to action and released The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites in September 2022. This saw the band continuing and further evolving it's prog-stoner sound and the band did not seem to miss a step in the long hiatus. Then They followed it up with Raised Up by Witches in 2024, keeping it weird by including 80's synths and even an odd (but interesting} pop song into the prog-stoner mix.
I feel that Mammoth Volume deserves to be included here on Prog Archives because they include enough prog elements and have a unique sound. The closest comparison I can make is the stoner leaning music of Motorpsycho, a band that is clearly an influence.
Links: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1071491-Mammoth-Volume https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbHyL3IcHk4Eg2UeGf0cu8oRDg55GjAmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRu12hpB-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF4pu_jzyhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKM7sdkEfbE&list=RDEM8PWed9R2aQdkhj4pygx_6w&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kVTms2snIY11KV4zqGovAPCg-eRPvYc
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