Less than six months after the sprawling IAO Chant From the Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno came back with another play on a classic song, this time one *slightly* more well known.  Starless and Bible Black Sabbath play on both King Crimson and the Birmingham blokes responsible for some of the greatest riffs known to mankind.  But if there was any doubt as to which direction this album was leaning, one look at the cover should tell you all you need to know, with main man Kawabata Makoto creating his own twisted version of the eponymous debut album. Continue reading “Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno: Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006)”

Sometimes things need to marinate for a spell before the flavor really comes out.  Sometimes, as is the case with Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno, it takes over a decade.  Back when I bought this CD I wasn’t at all prepared for the slow psychedelic burn that IAO Chant From the Cosmic Inferno was – my recollection at the time was I heard it had amazing guitar heroics and had a vibe similar to Boris, whose Pink was my only source of comparison.  After one or two attempts it promptly went back to my CD tower, then was relegated to a binder when I needed to make more room for music I was listening to more often.  Continue reading “Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno: IAO Chant From the Cosmic Inferno (2005)”