Generation Of Vipers are a band from Knoxville, Tennessee that plays progressive sludge metal with elements of post hardcore and this is a review of their 2013 album "Howl And Filth" which was released by Golden Antenna Records.
"Ritual" starts off with a heavy bass line, slow drums, and melodic riffing before the heavy riffs and growls kick in along with a distorted sounding guitar lead for awhile and then the clean playing parts come into the music before returning back to the heavier elements.
"Silent Shroud" starts off with powerful drumming and heavy sludge guitar riffs with the vocals making their presence known shortly after that before heading into melodic post hardcore style riffing and bring in some powerful bass playing before heading into a dark single note doom metal riff and back to the heavy power chords.
"All Of This Mine" starts off with a soft piano piece along with some whispers and avant garde elements and the song is very short.
"Eternal" starts off with a heavy doom/sludge metal riff and powerful drumming along with some grim growls and dark melodies before heading into post rock/hardcore riffing
"Slow Burn" starts off with some sound effects, slow drum beats and powerful bass playing as well as some dark and soft growls which leads to the heavy riffing as well as some melodic post hardcore guitar leads and then the guitars stop for awhile and the bass guitars kick in with some dark riffing before the return of the heavy guitars as well as some heavy distorted reverb and the guitar leads return for a few seconds with the song closing with some screams and heavy riffs.
"This Mortal Coil" starts off with some distorted effects and exotic clean playing before getting really heavy with powerful, drumming, guitars and aggressive growls and a great amount of influences from Neurosis throughout the song on the distorted parts which also close the song.
Lyrics on the album cover pseudo religious and abstract themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy, dark and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the album.
In my opinion Generation Of Vipers are a very great sounding hybrid of progressive sludge metal and post hardcore and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out the band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ritual" and "Slow Burn". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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