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Juicy and judicious, with youthful emotion and seasoned maturity,
Kamchatka embodies the paradoxes of life and spills them into your
ears. This is a band that shakes you up with hard-edged virtuosity and
transforms your consciousness with superlative musicianship."
Steven J. Rosen, writer, editor (12.06)
KAMCHATKA NEW CD “VOLUME III” IS RELEASED ON THE 4th of MARCH 2009! "Volume III" is the third official studio album release and their first on Superpuma Records.The album is recorded and mixed by Tobias Strandvik and Kamchatka at Shrimpmonkey Studio and mastered by Johan Eckerblad at Mintelligence Studio.Cover artwork is done by Hippograffix.
This is the first album entierly produced by the band themself. It features 10 new original Kamchatka songs + bonus track “Whipping Post” wich was originaly written by Gregg Allman. There are mighty fine guests featuring on some of the tracks. PER WIBERG (Opeth, King Hobo, Mojobone, Death organ, Spiritual Beggars) is featured on 4 tracks (“Look over your shoulder”, ”See”, ”Sorg” and “Guess I’ll be leavin”) and JEAN PAUL GASTER (Clutch, Bakerton Group,King Hobo) plays additional drums on Kamchatkas version of Gregg Allmans “Whipping Post”.
“We played Whipping Post together with Jean Paul as the final number in our set when we opened for Clutch in the US 2008 so having him on the album version brings back lots of fine memories and smiles from that tour. Thank you, JP and Clutch.” – Thomas Juneor Andersson
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Kamchatka were a pleasant suprise at the Clutch gig in London. Very refreshing to find a band like you guys! Will be keeping a look out for when you're next in London. :-)
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Saw you guys open for Clutch last year in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was instantly blown away and have been ever since. I've bought all three of your CD's and have gotten a bunch of friends in your guys's stuff. Hope you see you on this side of the world again soon! Really looking forward to it. You guys are amazing!