Monday, April 29, 2013

Snailking/Samsara/ConSouling Sounds/2012 CD Review


  Snailking  are  a  band  from  Sweden  that  plays  a  very  heavy  form  of  sludge/drone/doom  metal  and this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  ep  "Samsara"  which  was  released  by  ConSouling  Sounds.

  Drums  are  all  slow  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  riffs  that  combine  sludge,  drone  and  doom  metal  together  to  create  a sound  of  their  own  with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  are  very  dark  sounding  doom  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  aggressive  sounding  clean  singing  doom  metal  vocals  along  with  some  deep  growls,  high  pitched  screams  and  spoken  word  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  depressing  themes,  as  for  the  production it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark,  and  professional  sound where  you  can  hear  all   of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Snailking  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  drone,  doom  and  sludge  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK "Samsara".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  "  

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