Friday, July 5, 2013

Sleestak/Altrusian Moon - A Lo-Fi Collection Of Psychedelia and Space Rock/2012 CD Review


  This  is  a  review  of  another  recording  from  Sleestak  with  the   musical  style  this  time  arounf  being  an  instrumental  hybrid  of  doom  metal,  sludge,  psychedelic  and  space  rock  with  the  album  being  self  released  in  2012  and  called  "A  Lo-Fi  Collection  Of  Psychedelia  and  Space  Rock".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  doom  metal,  sludge,  space  rock  and  psychedelic  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  some  clean  playing  or  melody  being thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  and  tripped  out  70's  psychedelic  rock  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  bring  in  progressive  rock  elements  to  the  album.

  Vocals  and  songwriting  are  mostly  absent  form  this  recording  with  the  music  being  all  instrumental  except  for  one song  and  they  have  a  sound  that  reminds  me  of  Cathedral  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts,  while  the  song  themes  cover  Altrusian  fiction,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  most  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Sleestak  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  doom  metal  mixed  with  psychedelia  and  space  rock,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Phase  2"  and  "Phase  5".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.       

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