Italian stoner rock giants, Black Rainbows, are teaming up with California’s Nebula for their new split record, In Search of the Cosmic Tale: Crossing the Galactic Portal Split. It is set to be released on June 28th via Heavy Psych Sounds records. Black Rainbows have also shared their new single, “The Secret,” taken from the record. Check it out below.
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Says the band: “We’re so excited and proud to share our first single for the split EP with our fellas Nebula. It’s an honour for us to share a record with a band that has been such an inspiration for us. “The Secret” is a classic fuzz-in-your-face-heavy-psych song from the Black Rainbows.”
Packed with 32 minutes of the highest quality heavy rock, In of the Cosmic Tale: Crossing the Galactic Portal Split is a joint venture that can happen only once every 100 years. Californian heavy psych pioneers, Nebula, bring to life three brand new songs, specially recorded for this one-off project. Italy’s premium stoner rock spearhead, Black Rainbows, add in three songs handpicked from the recording session of their acclaimed 2023 album Superskull, delivering two in-your-face slabs of heavy fuzz and one spacey song to celebrate this unique collaboration.
With a stunning artwork by Simon Berndt, In Search of the Cosmic Tale: Crossing the Galactic Portal Split will be issued in various colored vinyl editions, classic vinyl, CD and digital on Heavy Psych Sounds. Don’t miss Nebula’s new track “Acid Drop” at this location: https://youtu.be/QaeHkiyAQrk
Cosmic Tale: Crossing the Galactic Portal Split tracklisting:
Side A – Nebula
01 Acid Drop
02 Eye of the Storm
03 Ceasar XXXIV
Side B – Black Rainbows
01 The Secret
02 Thunder Lights on the Greatest Sky
03 Dogs of War
More from Nebula:
Nebula was formed in 1997 by former Fu Manchu members Eddie Glass (guitar and vocals) and Ruben Rumano (drums), quickly joined by bassist Mark Abshire. The power trio specialized in feedback-drenched heavy rock, incorporating liberal doses of Black Sabbath riffery, psychedelia, and space rock. They released several EPs before moving on to full-length albums such as 1999’s To the Center and 2001’s Charged. Nebula creates pure guitar-driven, conscious expanding rock for the 21st century. They are a culmination of their rock forbearers such as Jimi Hendrix, MC5, The Stooges and Mudhoney turned up a notch, taken to the next level and blasting through space. In 2017, Eddie Glass with new members Tom Davies on bass and Michael Amster on drums announced Nebula’s reformation by signing to Heavy Psych Sounds Records for a series of reissues as well as returning to the stage. Holy Shit was their first LP since 2009’s cornerstone album Heavy Psych. The band released their latest album Transmission From Mothership Earth in the summer of 2022.
Nebula lineup:
Eddie Glass – Guitar, vocals, drums
Ranch Sironi – Bass, vocals, mix down
Warzone Speedwolf – Drums
More from Black Rainbows:
Black Rainbows is established among the most revered heavy rock bands of the European scene, spreading the fuzz since 2005. Their sound sits firmly between 90s-style Californian stoner rock, deep-cosmos psychedelia and hard-driving space rock. In 2020, the trio entered the new decade refreshed and with well-earned veteran status resulting from countless tours and festival appearances, tearing roofs off with their unstoppable and infectious rock’n’roll energy. In 2020, they released their eighth album Cosmic Ritual Supertrip on Heavy Psych Sounds to great applause from the international rock and metal community, followed by the Live at Desertfest Belgium album in 2021 as part of the band’s 15th anniversary. In 2023, they issued with their ninth album Superskull and have no intention in slowing down in their heads-down conquest as they are set to embark for a series of European shows and festival appearances this year.
Black Rainbows lineup:
Gabriele Fiori – Guitars and vocals
Edoardo “Mancio” Mancini – Bass
Filippo Ragazzoni – Drums
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