"Heavy Mental" psych rockers BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA will release The Storm Generation, their debut EP for Tee Pee Records on December 11. On The Storm Generation, thick, colorful bass lines coexist with flying reverb guitars, ethereal chants and loud, tribal drums. Produced by Scott Reeder (Kyuss, The Obsessed) in the Mojave desert, the EP features a guest appearance by Nobel Prize-nominated gonzo poet Ron Whitehead, adding even more color to BLAAK HEAT's signature psychedelia. The EP is a precursor to the band's new full length The Edge of an Era, which is set for a March 26, 2013 release.

     BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA's enticing blend of genres has been called "a dissonant symphony unveiling visions of great natural expanses" and is unlike anything you've likely heard before. The band's transcendental tension between its heavy rock roots and an organic inclination to drift towards psychedelia pays homage to the vast collection of mind-expanding sounds the trio grew up on: neo-psychedelia, surf rock, spaghetti westerns, Middle Eastern scales and Far Eastern melodies!  

     "We spent all summer at our LA studio working on the new record," comments BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA guitarist / vocalist Thomas Bellier. "The creative vibe was unbelievable, and the music just kept flowing. Soon we had way more than needed for a full-length record, so we talked to Tee Pee Records about doing an EP before the album, which they agreed to. The EP has something for everyone: hints of surf rock, massive basses, psych solos, shades of metal...it unleashes the uniqueness of the Blaak Heat sound."

      BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA collaborated with filmmakers Cole Jenkins and Andrew Baxter to document the recording of their new music alongside Reeder and the resulting five part behind-the-scenes videos have been posted online via The Obelisk. Check out the videos here (part 1 / part 2 / part 3 / part 4 / part 5).

     The Storm Generation track listing:

          1.) The Revenge Of The Feathered Pheasant 

          2.) Incident At Stinson Beach 

          3.) Helios 

          4.) The Manifesto

          5.) The Storm / We Are The Fucking Storm

          6.) Fusil Contra Fusil

     Formed in 2008 in Paris, France, BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA  promptly established itself as the 'young Turks' of European heavy psychedelia and boast a cinematic sound that has been called "Heavy Spaghedelia" featuring "psychedelic, meditative, trance-inducing" and "spacey atmospheres". Now based in Los Angeles, the trio's music has evolved into a hybrid of styles that is sure to find appeal to fans of Earthless, Kyuss, Naam, OM and Calexico!

      BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA is:Thomas Bellier (guitars, vocals), Mike Amster (drums) and Antoine Morel-Vulliez (bass).  

     "The dominance of the psychedelic, meditative, trance-inducing, spacey atmospheres and an overall rather slow pace of the sound surely recall bands like Yawning Man, Naam, Dead Meadow, Earthless, Colour Haze and even Om (not to mention decades of acid psychedelic music produced across the Atlantic Ocean)...you find yourself instantly thrown onto a horse galloping in the desert while sunset is flashing the sky with red and purple shades against the black horizon made of table mountains and saguaros." - DOOMMANTIA

     "amazing...If you like desert rock, psychedelic rock or bands such as Tool, Naam, Colour Haze or even Earthless, you'll like Blaak Heat Shujaa." - HEAVY PLANET  

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