Album Review: Mammoth - The End
Reviewed by Tim Finch
Mammoth as an entity is a full four years into being, from the debut album ‘Mammoth WVH’ in 2021 and ‘Mammoth II’ in 2023, the band is developing fast. They are, of course, the brain child of Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of Eddie and former bassist of Van Halen, and this October sees them release their third album ‘The End’.
As ‘One of a Kind’ opens up it has a simple, single guitar intro, a nice atmosphere building before the intensity ramps right up to an all out rock rager, a ball of energy ready to explode. This leads into previously released single ‘The End’ which has a distinct Rush feel to it as it builds and sees Wolfgang experiment with his song writing prowess.
Over the past two years Mammoth has been on the road constantly, including huge stadium runs with Metallica, arena runs with Slash and headline tours in their own right. That experience seems to have rubbed off on the music, the whole album has a huge stadium rock sound, pure rock classics in the making.
Throughout the record there are songs with the most infectious riffs, big sing along choruses and fist pumping rock anthems. The heartbeat never stops and album runs through so fast it's over before you know it.
Whilst the previous two albums have been triumphs, both achieving #2 on the UK rock charts, the band has not seen the full success that the quality of music warrants. The Metallica tour along with the expanding sound on ‘The End’ will hopefully rocket Mammoth to where they deserve to be.
By the time you reach the end of the album, you are desperate to hit play and start it all over again. ‘The End’ is the next big catchy rock classic we’ve been waiting so long for, and Mammoth are the next name that will make it BIG!
