Artist: Tortuga
Title: Iterations
Label: Napalm Records
Cat #: NPR1185DGS
Release Year: 2023
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digisleeve

Iterations is the third full-length album from the Polish psychedelic stoner/doom metal band Tortuga.

With their self-titled debut in 2017, TORTUGA took the heavy stoner and psychedelic doom metal scene by storm. Following their sophomore offering, Deities (2020), and a worldwide record deal with rock and metal empire Napalm Records the band unleashed their third opus entitled Iterations in 2023.

Compared to its predecessors, Iterations moves from monolithic stoner-doom to progressive and experimental facets, enriching its listeners’ auditory experience while managing to mature TORTUGA’s epic doom and stoner trademarks. Anyone who may have previously mistook TORTUGA as a Lovecraftian-themed band should make no mistake - they are storytellers, and Iterations proves the Poznan-based outfit puts as much effort into said storytelling as their songwriting. This time, the band digs deep and delivers a concept album about the whole history of the universe (from beginning to the end), which is also applicable, metaphorically, to the history of a person's lifetime. Each of the seven new tracks are related in context to the theme of the entire record, but every one of them is a standalone story. 

Songs such as ""Lilith"", kicking off with a raw drum beat and turning into a melodic groove anthem, showcase the authentic sound and unconventional songwriting of TORTUGA. In a world of over-polished studio productions, it's even more exhilarating to discover Iterations. It's a haunting trip through time and space, full of light and shadow, that culminates with the epic album's closing track and single, ""Epitaph"".

With Iterations, TORTUGA has passed the challenge of album number three with a grade A: The album is a thrilling, free-spirited, deep and enthralling ride, and one that will ultimately establish the band at the top of the current stoner doom and progressive psych rock olymp!"

Recommended if you like: Lunar Funeral, Memoth, Ageless, Green Lung, Acid Mammoth, Ohhms, Orden Ogan, Kadavar, Mandre, Bongtower, All Saints

Track Listing:
1. Init
2. Lilith
3. Laspes
4. Interlude
5. MALACA
6. Quaus
7. Epitaph