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Wyoming Young and Strong - Bend the Night EP  - Reviewed By soundmagnet ! Check it out here at this link: https://www.soundmagnet.eu/wyoming-young-and-strong-bend-the-night-ep-review/

The Americans from Wyoming Young And Strong have been around since 2018. An EP and the debut album have already been released. Musically, it hit us hard and cool so far. The band started out as a duo and played a very unique mix of stoner and sludge on both releases.

The sound was striking with a unique sound. Drums and guitar riffs were combined with genuine and audibly imperfect vocals. The reduction to the instruments, paired with the singing, ensures a minimalist, but also unadulterated implementation of the musical ideas.

Meanwhile, Jason , who started out as the band's biggest fan, is the third band member. Maybe that had something to do with Wyoming Young And Strong ?

Pandora's box has been opened
Unsuspecting and fully pre-programmed for low-pitched sludge, I press the PLAY button. After the first rhythmic tones, the opener Bend The Night gives a jolt and the level of energy hits me like a punch in the face.

Sweaty, simple and hectic garage stoner punk bangs in my face. But all these attempts at explanation don't quite hit it, because the trio combines metallic riffs with distortions and buzzing rhythms from the stoner area. In addition, the front man screams his throat out and is supported in the refrains by a snarling growl from the fellow musicians. There is an audio impression HERE .

The first longer song confuses me, because there is nothing left of the band's previous musical work. Two more intense, albeit shorter, bursts of energy follow with Artifice and Winter War . Artifice isn't quite as fast, but it grooves in a uniquely pissed off way. Winter War lives up to its name and immediately tears everything down. The drums bang, the guitar and bass riff and hum as Jason screams it all away.

The program of contrasts in terms of content
The harsh contrast to the punky, noisy full service is the content-related concept and concern of Wyoming Young And Strong . The band has renounced the superficial social and political issues and deals with local myths that are hardly known to us.

Legendary hero Wyoming embarks on a journey through the universe after titans destroyed his world. On his quest he encounters shamans, must defy the elements such as cold, darkness and infinity of space and become aware of his own mortality. According to the band, these stories are intended to rouse and motivate the torn American youth out of their lethargy.

The three simple and direct songs can be heard digitally from the end of March. The vinyl single can already be pre-ordered and will be released three weeks later.

Conclusion
Wyoming Young And Strong have morphed into an angry, energetic power trio. Bend The Night no longer offers any signs of sludge, but brute, raw and punk energy. An EP is like smashing an electric fence with a crowbar! 7/10

Release Date: Digital Friday 3/31/23 and physical release of seven inch on 4/20/23

FFO: Isis, Windhand, Monolord

Location: Seattle, WA

Short Bio:  A lone hero in a world that seems pit against him, Wyoming traveled the universe after his home was destroyed by ancient titans. On his adventures, Wyoming has challenged mystical shamans, travelled through time to worlds of ice and gloom and unrest, and grappled with his own mortality in the lonely black of space. Continually tried by ancient magic, Wyoming struggled and survived despite arcane forces that seemed to perpetually test him.

After learning the tales of their ancient extra-dimensional brother, Wyoming Young and Strong took up the challenge of bringing the lost folk songs of this epic hero to our world. They hope his stories will guide others and make sense of the frustrations of youth and burdens of strength in a dwindling America. Josh, Jason, and Josh have arranged these songs in the tradition of Bass, Drums, Guitar, and Vocals. As the ancient seers before them, they deliver these songs to you in a way that aspires to make Wyoming proud.

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