Gregory R. Cristman

Ufomammut brought their first-ever US tour to Saint Vitus with Usnea & Mountain God (pics, setlist)

May 26, 2015

Gregory R. Cristman

Ufomammut @ Saint Vitus – 5/19/15

Devastatingly heavy? Why yes, they were, but that’s really just one component of the experience. Watching Ufomammut play is like being stirred in a cauldron of something thick and molten. Somehow, it swirls, but on the surface level it doesn’t even seem like it should be able to move at all. Each song seemed to take them deeper into space, the entirety of Ecate rearranged for stage presentation and followed by “Oroboros” from Oro: Opus Alter, “Stigma” from 2008’s Idolum and, finally, “God” from 2004’s Snailking, which was brought to a brutal finish as though the trio were trying to pull apart the remnants of the galaxy on a molecular level, some great cosmic code punched in to result in the end of all things in multi-dimensions. It was like that. Sound as force. Senses colliding, and Urlo headbanging with his entire body the whole time. [The Obelisk]

Italian doomers Ufomammut are no newcomers (their first album came out 15 years ago) but they’re currently touring the US for the very first time. They hit NYC at Saint Vitus on 5/19 ahead of their Maryland Deathfest appearance for a very dimly lit show that (as the above review points out) included all of their new album Ecate plus a few oldies. Their Portland-based, Relapse-signed tourmates Usnea and locals Mountain God opened the show. More pictures and Ufomammut’s setlist below…

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Mountain God