Merging Sabbathian doom with sci-fi themes, Cybernetic Witch Cult channel the likes of Monster Magnet with their trippy stoner-tinged space rock.
The English trio are due to release their third self-released studio album on December 6. Entitled Absurdum ad Nauseam, they delve deeper into the metallic undertones of their previous releases, promising a heavier album that still maintains the proggy 70s vibes the band is known for.
The second single to be taken off Absurdum ad Nauseam is Cromagnonaut out on Spotify now. Check out the video, premiered exclusively with Hammer below.
The video was filmed while the band were on tour in October, with the track posing philosophical questions such as the speed of humanity's evolution and the life-span of planet earth.
The band explain: "Cromagnonaut is examining the human race as being an infant species, and how stone age humans are now essentially piloting spaceships. Might we be evolving too fast for our own good? Can we spread life amongst the stars and preserve the 4.5 billions years worth of evolution before it gets wiped out? ”
The trio continue these topical concerns about our world and our own mortality – and, in particular, climate change – on the rest of their album.
Vocalist/guitarist Alex Wyld comments: "I first took climate change seriously at university in 2010: During my Astrophysics degree I opted for a course called Energy and the Environment, and during our first lecture a student asked the professors 'what are our chances like?'.
"The lecturers gave a solemn look to each other and said 'very bleak with the current state of affairs'. Everyone had a solemn feeling after that lecture and I think the state of things have gotten worse since then.
"It's tragic to see that while there's more general awareness of the crisis now, there's also more (non factual) vocal opposition to climate science and crazy talk of conspiracy theories.
"I do worry for the future, and I think that's partly why this album turned out so much heavier and more serious than our older material.
"But you have to hope that things will improve and that the people who are in power will start to actually make some policy changes to safeguard our civilisation's future."
With their feet firmly "grounded" in Hawkwind-shaped space rock, their finger on the pulse when it comes to current affairs and their head in the clouds (creatively-speaking) we couldn't think of a better band to recommend us some top-notch science fiction films...
