Spina Bifida where a doom/death metal band from the Netherlands and this is a review of their 1993 album "Ziyadah" which was released by Adipocere Records.
Drums are all slow beats with no fast drumming or blast beats being used, while the bass playing has a very heavy tone which is easy to hear on this album and it dominates throughout the album with some bass leads and at times there are some noise effects being used.
v Rhythm guitars are tuned down very low and it is all slow and heavy doom metal riffing while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding solos that also contain a small amount of depressing sounding melodies with some piano effects being used at times.
Vocals are mostly deep death metal growls that are very easy to understand with some clean singing as well as spoken word passages being used on ocassion while the lyrics cover topics such as witch burnings, philosophy and depressing themes as for the production on this recording which was recorded at Tapes Productions in Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands has a very dark and heavy feel with all of the instruments being easy to hear.
In my personal opinion Spina Bifida where a very underrated doom/death band and if you are a fan of this style of music you should check this band out.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Witchfire" "Purest Queen" "Gotteerdammerung" And "Verdict". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Incantation/Dibolical Conquest/Relapse Records/1998 CD Review
Incantation are a band from the east coast of the United States that plays a very brutal form of death metal mixed with doom metal and this is a review of their 1998 classic album "Diabolical Conquest" which was released by Relapse Records.
Drums range from slow to midpaced drumming with alot of fast playing and brutal blast beats while the bass playing is tuned down really low and has a mixture of slow and fast rhythm bass riffing that follows the riffs from the guitars and at times it has a very powerful sound.
Rhythm guitars are tuned down very low and ther is a mixture of some of the fastesat as well as brutal death metal riffs mixed with some of the darkest and evil sounding doom metal riffs with little or no lead guitars being utilized.
Vocals are all deep death metal growls while the lyrics are very anti christain with a slight esoteric/satanic edge to them, as for the production on this album which was recorded at Mars Studio in Cleveland, Ohio during the months of November to Dec 1997 sounds very raw while retaining a professional sound that makes all of the instruments as well as vocals sound good.
In my opinion Incantation are one of the best bands that play this style and this was a classic for that genre, if you are a fan of brutal death metal that has a heavy doom edge you shold already have this album in your collection. STANDOUT TRACKS INCLUDE "Impending Diabolical COnquest" "Shadows of the Ancient Empire" Ethereal Misery" and "Majesty of Infernal Damnation". RECOMMENDED BUY
Drums range from slow to midpaced drumming with alot of fast playing and brutal blast beats while the bass playing is tuned down really low and has a mixture of slow and fast rhythm bass riffing that follows the riffs from the guitars and at times it has a very powerful sound.
Rhythm guitars are tuned down very low and ther is a mixture of some of the fastesat as well as brutal death metal riffs mixed with some of the darkest and evil sounding doom metal riffs with little or no lead guitars being utilized.
Vocals are all deep death metal growls while the lyrics are very anti christain with a slight esoteric/satanic edge to them, as for the production on this album which was recorded at Mars Studio in Cleveland, Ohio during the months of November to Dec 1997 sounds very raw while retaining a professional sound that makes all of the instruments as well as vocals sound good.
In my opinion Incantation are one of the best bands that play this style and this was a classic for that genre, if you are a fan of brutal death metal that has a heavy doom edge you shold already have this album in your collection. STANDOUT TRACKS INCLUDE "Impending Diabolical COnquest" "Shadows of the Ancient Empire" Ethereal Misery" and "Majesty of Infernal Damnation". RECOMMENDED BUY
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