BLACK ELEPHANT: New Noise Magazine Premieres The Fall Of The Gods From Italian Psychedelic Fuzz Rock Conjurors; LP To See Release This Friday, October 18th Via Small Stone Recordings

Photo by Luca Scarabicchi

New Noise Magazine is currently streaming The Fall Of The Gods, the latest full-length from Italian psychedelic fuzz rock conjurors BLACK ELEPHANT, in its entirety. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official unveiling this Friday, October 18th via Small Stone Recordings!

On BLACK ELEPHANT’s The Fall Of The Gods, a wide range of dynamics are present (All Them Witches come to mind). Hints of Hendrix meld with moments of ‘90s shoegaze à la Verve’s A Storm In Heaven before heading down a long desert highway that would make Brant Bjork feel at home.

Guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader Alessio Caravelli comments, “The theme this time around is the fall, from the decay to the reborn… After the last very tough years for all societies, we understood that many principles and colossuses have fallen, exactly like the gods and ancient cultures such as the Maya and Aztec civilizations did. This has been also the inspiration for our graphic designer Farfante, who hand drew the cover and art for the new album with these concepts in mind.”

**Stream BLACK ELEPHANT’s The Fall Of The Gods at THIS LOCATION.**

The Fall Of The Gods will be released on CD and digital formats as well as limited edition vinyl — 250 units pressed in the USA via Small Stone and 250 units pressed in Germany by Kozmik Artifactz.

Find preorders at the Small Stone Recordings Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.

BLACK ELEPHANT will celebrate The Fall Of The Gods with a special record release show in Savona, Italy with more dates o be announced in the weeks to come.

BLACK ELEPHANT Live:
11/16/2024 Raindogs House – Savona, IT w/ Burn The Ocean

In 2018, BLACK ELEPHANT released Cosmic Blues. A true underground classic, Grizzly Butts hailed, “a full-on hard-bluesing stoner rock album that collects the spirit of early Fu Manchu, the space-faring fuzz-rumble of Dozer’s debut and a heavy chug of acid rock’s finer blues guitarists for inspiration,” while Ave Noctum wrote accurately, “Their main source of inspiration is obviously seventies fuzz, but also guitar heavy music from the ‘90s. Think Jimi Hendrix making music with Chris Cornell’s Soundgarden. How does that sound? Pretty good, actually.”

Two years later, the band delivered the Japanese themed Seven Swords, a record MetalSucks lauded for its glassy-eyed riffing and cosmic cadence. “BLACK ELEPHANT stomp their pedalboards like their namesake pachyderm. These Italian riffmeisters also engage in some serious amplifier abuse, but it’s all in the name of kick-ass heavy psych-blues jams. This desert rock comes courtesy of Sergio Leone’s widescreen viewfinder, capturing the vista in full technicolor glory.”

The DNA shared between these two albums is simple: both are collections of classic-minded heavy groovers, picking the best the ’70s, ’90s, and ’00s had to offer in face melting riffery. The Fall Of The Gods continues the trajectory of their two previous sonic gems, while taking things to a heavier place, both literally and figuratively. Fuzz pedals preach on, the sky cracks, and the riffs themselves seem to lock bellies in sumo battles, so what the hell?

“This slow-building groover is a laconic, meditative trip into the cosmos aboard a pulsing rhythm section and echoing, fuzzed-out psychedelic guitars. It’s also the lead-off and title track to the band’s third full-length album.” – Decibel Magazine on “Fall Of The Gods”

“For those of you yearning for a bit of heavy blues space rock then there is much to enjoy here… A fantastic album.” – Echoes And Dust

BLACK ELEPHANT Recording Lineup:
Alessio Caravelli – guitar, vocals
Massimiliano Giacosa – guitar
Francesco Glielmi – bass
Simone Brunzu – drums