Seven That Spells are a reasonably well-known Croatian krautrock/psychedelic rock band from Zagreb. They have become relatively well-known in the psychedelic rock scene during the last decade or so. Their first album ''The Blowout'' came out back in 2003, and immediately blew me away with its intense psych rock jamming in the vein of Earthless or Makoto Kawabata's numerous bands. Their debut album was only a start though, as they have released a number of mind melting psychedelic rock albums from the onset until today. The album currently under view is ''The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: Aum''. This is perhaps also one of their best known albums to date.
The best song on this particular album is probably the almost 20 minute long ''Aum''. This track essentially captures the repetitive essence of krautrock and psychedelic rock, while adding to it some really enchanting vocals. These vocals also remind vocals used by many Makoto Kawabata bands. The jamming can be seen as similar to Acid Mothers Temple in ways. In any case this particular track is a massive enchanting and mind melting psychedelic rock jam. The same can essentially be said about the first track on this album as well. There is however one more massive 20 minute long track on this album. This track is called ''Zero'', and it does not follow the same kind of psychedelic rock pattern as the tracks I mentioned before. This track is more about heavy continuous drones and lots of feedback. The last two tracks on this album however venture back into the trademark psychedelic rock jam realm. Both ''Rock Ist Krieg'' and ''Out'' again encapsulate the essence of repetitive krautrock influenced psychedelic rock.
Seven That Spells have released a huge number of great albums, but ''The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: Aum'' is probably their best release to date. The vocals sound quite wonderous and mix perfectly with these massive krautrock jams. There is plenty of improvisational jamming and plenty of feedback. The repetitive catchy basslines don't let anyone down as well. Be sure to check out this massive album.
Some useful links:
Bandcamp: https://seventhatspells.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-krautrock-aum
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1007204-Seven-That-Spells
