Mammoth Volume's third record follows up their critically acclaimed self-titled debut and "Noara Dance" EP without just following in their footsteps. The fine art of progression has taken hold and done so in rather dexterous terms. With technical precision, rangy time changes and plenty of groove, the Swedish rockers prove they've got the skill to add another dimension to a craft that's otherwise looked for aid in stagnation and treadmill-like progress. "Aum" offers cunning evidence that they're expiration date is still well off with its flighty instrumental patterns and sitar-based flavor while its follow up "The So Called 4th Sect" brings home the Zeppelin reference of earlier along with Bad Company in a Blues-based swamp and Boogie movement that immediately slings you back some thirty years and the dawn of what was to be a most formative period in Rock & Roll history.

Aside from the trip through brighter times, Mammoth Volume reveals an oft-overlooked side to a style that for all its fun and frolic, held true to a veritable degree of serious intonation where a statement can and should be made while the listener basks in the afterglow of a burning guitar riff and colorful keyboard arrangement.

This is a very organic sounding record, painted with a cavalcade of instrumental styles and cagey rhythms-definitely a step above the usually manic-depressive norm and an adventuresome foray to the past while exploring the future in an intellectually dazzling brilliance.