Italian heavy sludge metallers HELL OBELISCO will release their long awaited debut album “Swamp Wizard Rises” on March 23, 2018 via Argonauta Records.

This is the first single!

Official lyric video: https://youtu.be/RCKQBB21Zng

Swamp Wizard Rises

Earth Rage Apocalypse

“Swamp Wizard Rises” is the long awaited debut album from heavy sludge metallers HELL OBELISCO released by Argonauta Records.

Recorded with Para (Boat Studio) and Paso (Studio 73) “Swamp Wizard Rises” features 9 songs, including the first single “Earth Rage Apocalypse”.

The opus features Tony J.J. from TRANSPORT LEAGUE and Carmelo Orlando from NOVEMBRE as special guests.

The cover artwork has been designed by Roberto Toderico, who has previously worked with the band.

Black Desert Doom

Dead Dawn Duel

Death Moloch Rising

Biting Killing Machine

Escaping Devil Bullets

High Speed Demon

Teenage Mammoth Club

Voodoo Alligator Blood

HELL OBELISCO was born in the second half of 2015, with the intention of forming a well-defined musical entity, characterized by a heavy/sludge sound but, at the same time, by definite rhythmic dynamics. The engagement of Doc and Fraz (guitars) was the decisive step to start a shared path also in terms of attitude.
The evolution of HELL OBELISCO was mainly determined by the cohesion of the band and a refinement of sound and arrangements, made possible also by the addition of Fraz to the choirs. The band's style is the result of twenty-five years of activity in very different musical experiences, but it is mainly influenced by a cinematographic inspiration and by directors like John Carpenter and David Cronenberg, as well as the very first Steven Spielberg (Jaws) and Ridley Scott (Alien).
The debut of the HELL OBELISCO, Swamp Wizard Rises, is the natural development of a couple of songs composed for promotional purposes, which draw the attention of Argonauta Records, the most qualified label in this kind of sound. The recordings with Para at the Boat Studios and the mixing with Paso at Studio 73 highlighted the band's personality, taking advantage of modern technology and bringing out some particularly representative songs like Teenage Mammoth Club and Earth Rage Apocalypse.
The Swamp Wizard Rises features vocalist Tony J.J. (Transport League and B-Thong) and Carmelo Orlando (Novembre). Considering that every member of HELL OBELISCO is a fan of these artists, their collaboration respectively with the songs Voodoo Alligator Blood and Biting Killing Machine was not only a matter of prestige, but a quality improvement of the album in a general sense.
The reference point of HELL OBELISCO for the cover and the artwork of Swamp Wizard Rises has always been the illustrator Roberto Toderico, a fantastic artist who was able to capture the band's imagination and develop it in the most complete way. Despite a great variety of settings and scenarios, including ancestral rites practiced in the swamps, violent robberies and mother earth rebelling against man's greed, the central figure of the concept is a sorcerer who identifies the darkness of the human being and the world around him.
The release of Swamp Wizard Rises represents for HELL OBELISCO the achievement of a great goal in terms of creativity and receptivity from the widest possible audience. The intention of the band is promoting their hard work playing live in Italy and abroad, as this is the ambience from which the disruptive energy and the entertainment skills of HELL OBELISCO emerge in the most genuine way.

LINE-UP
Doc - six sludge strings
Alex - behin the skins
Andrew - front row mammoth
Fraz - seven doomed and lowered strings

DISCOGRAPHY
Swamp Wizard Rises LP (2018, Argonauta Records)

Written by Emanuele Biani

Hell Obelisco