FANGS OF THE MOLOSSUS are a psych-doom metal band from the Florence area. The first band nucleus dates back to 2011, but several line-up changes caused delays and we reached some stability only in late 2012. Currently the band consists of Acid King Khanjia (vocals & guitar), Amp Zilla (lead guitar & space FX), Count J. Vendetta (guitar & space FX), Daemon Nox (bass guitar) and our newest member Iako (drums).
They all have previous musical experience in bands that are/were sometimes radically different from Fangs' doom: Combo De La Muerte, Bobby Tumultous, Tombstone, Cleaver, Bud Spencer Drunk Explosion, Riviera, El Cardinal And The Electric Dicks… From straightforward metal to garage rock or latin jazz, we've separately done them all (all genres: no pun intended). Having a common interest in muddy, slow-paced music too, they just wanted to see what could come out of this apparently weird mix of players.
Fangs Of The Molossus aim to let most of their influences freely flow into a unique blend. Music wise, if our backbone is the solid doom that we all equally enjoy, once in a while you may happen to hear something that reveals our individual sensibilities: Hawkwind, Loop, Swans, Danzig, or even Morphine and Spacemen 3. It comes completely natural for us to start composing something that is initially a heavy, rough and obsessive jam (some sort of psychedelic "ostinato") and end up with something else, that shares very little with the starting idea. At times structurally simple and hard rock-ish, other times layered, with frequent noise/drone or space rock intervals, we don't always know what the final output of a song will be. And on stage many tracks become longer, or get faster.
As for the lyrics, there are many inspirations and, again, no forced lowest common denominator. Cheap pseudo-satanism is undoubtedly funny, but it's not our cup of tea, unless proposed in a cinematic, artsy way. Same goes with drug-driven stuff. We may find intriguing subjects anywhere: in ancient Roman or Etruscan history and mythology just as much as in early 70's horror movies, in science fiction literature, in a Beksinski painting or in a comic book by Hideshi Hino. Escapism, of course. But who would expect cocky social commentary or political commitment from a doom outfit?
Going back to the music, after a few warm-up gigs with our current line-up, supporting bands like Caronte, our close friend Giulio's Funeral Marmoori, Electric Taurus, Mouth Of The Architect and Witche's Brew, we focused on the tunes we found more defining for our sound and started recording our five-track self produced debut, that was released on July 2013.
Soon to be released: "I Drink Your Blood" single (limited edition on colored 7")
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