Thursday, May 9, 2013

Assyrian/Self-Portrait/2011 Demo Review


  Assyrian  are  a  band  from  Mexico  that  plays  a  very  progressive  form  of  doom/death  metal  with  some  sludge  influences  and  this  is  a  review  of t heir  self  released  2011  demo  "Self-Portrait".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  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  and  progressive  sounding  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for  the  keyboards  when  they  are  utilized t hey  bring  a  very  dark  and  avant  garde  sound  to the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  doom/death  metal  riffs  that  utilize  some  melody,  progressive  elements  and  sludge  influences  in  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  great  amount  of  heavy  distortion,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  progressive/post  rock  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  some  jazz  elements  to t he  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  doom/death  metal  growls  with  some  high  pitched  sludge  screams  being  utilized  at  times  as  well  as  some  clean  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark  and  heavy  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  where you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Assyrian  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  progressive,  doom/death  and  sludge  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of t his  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Grey"  "Colour  Me"  and  "Bright  Green  Light".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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