FUCT are a band from Nashville, Tennesee that has a history that dates back to the mid 80's and they play a style that mixes hardcore, thrash, sludge and death metal together and this is a review of their 2008 album "Reatain To The Aggro" which was released by Abyss Records.
Drums alternate between slow and fast drumming with some ocassional blast beats, while the bass playing follows the riffs that are coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars have alot of variety with some fast riffs that mix thrash and hardcore together while the slow riffs are sludgy and doomy mixed in with some death metal heaviness, while the lead guitars are classic rock sounding guitar solos.
Vocals mix alot of different styles together with some clean singing, thrash style vocals and some sludge style high pitched screams mixed in with some deep death metal growls, while the lyrics touch on Spirituality and Earth, as for the production it has a very thick and heavy sound that goes great with the music that is on this album.
In my opinion this is a good album from FUCT, i remember buying a cd from this band in the 90's and when I bought it, I never thought anyone even heard of this band, and their newer album is alot different than that one which was crossover thrash, and this album has sludge and death metal elements which the older one did not, if you are looking fro something origianl you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Devotian To The Dying World" "A Forebidding Tale Of Woe" "Kicker" and "October". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Necrovorous/Funeral For The Sane/Pulverised Records/2011 CD Review
Necrovorous are a band from Greece that plays a very brutal from of dark death metal with a doom metal edge and this is a review of their 2011 album "Funeral For The Sane" which was released by Pulverised Records.
Drums range from slow, midpaced to fast drumming with a good amounts of blast beats, while the synths which are only used on the intro and briefly on a couple of songs have a very dark and evil feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhthym guitars range from slow, midpaced to fast death metal riffs that are also influenced by doom metal with some melodies being used at times, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding death metal guitar leads.
Vocals are mostly deep death metal growls with some high pitched screams being thrown in at times, while the lyrics cover gore themes with somewhat of a dark and occult edge, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful and professional feel to it.
In my opinon Necrovorous are a very good old school sounding death metal band with a doom metal edge and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Succubus Dormotory" "The Vilest Of All Dreams" "Deathkneels" and "Funeral For The Sane". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums range from slow, midpaced to fast drumming with a good amounts of blast beats, while the synths which are only used on the intro and briefly on a couple of songs have a very dark and evil feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhthym guitars range from slow, midpaced to fast death metal riffs that are also influenced by doom metal with some melodies being used at times, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding death metal guitar leads.
Vocals are mostly deep death metal growls with some high pitched screams being thrown in at times, while the lyrics cover gore themes with somewhat of a dark and occult edge, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful and professional feel to it.
In my opinon Necrovorous are a very good old school sounding death metal band with a doom metal edge and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Succubus Dormotory" "The Vilest Of All Dreams" "Deathkneels" and "Funeral For The Sane". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Mindrot/Dawning/Relapse Records/1995 CD Review
Mindrot where a band from Orange County, California that played a style of music that mixed atmospheric doom metal, gothic, and crustcore together and this is a review of their 1995 album "Dawning" which was released by Relapse Records.
Drums cover a good amount of variety with some slow to midpaced playing mixed in with some fast parts as well as some blast beats, wfile the keyboards have a very gothic and atmospheric sound, as for the bass playing it has a very powerful that gives the music a very melodic feel with some bass leads.
Rhythm guitars mix some fast playing thatt mixes crustcore with a more death metal style of tuning as well as some thrash and hardcore influences while the slower riffs mix noise rock with doom metal with some soft playing mixed in as well, while the leads have a very melodic and doomy feel, as for the accoustic guitars when they are utilized they use open chords and give the music a more depressing feel.
Vocals are a mixture of deep death metal growls/crustcore style yelling mixed in with some clean singing as well as some spoken word passages, while the lyrics touch on depressing themes, as for the production on this album which was recorded at Jim Barnes Audio Productions during the autumn of 1994 sounds very professional and you can hear all of the instruments that are present on this album.
In my opinion Mindrot where a very talented and underrated band for their and if you are a fan of atmospheric doom/death you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Anguish" "Burden" "Forlorn" and "Internal Isolation". RECOMMENDED BUY
Drums cover a good amount of variety with some slow to midpaced playing mixed in with some fast parts as well as some blast beats, wfile the keyboards have a very gothic and atmospheric sound, as for the bass playing it has a very powerful that gives the music a very melodic feel with some bass leads.
Rhythm guitars mix some fast playing thatt mixes crustcore with a more death metal style of tuning as well as some thrash and hardcore influences while the slower riffs mix noise rock with doom metal with some soft playing mixed in as well, while the leads have a very melodic and doomy feel, as for the accoustic guitars when they are utilized they use open chords and give the music a more depressing feel.
Vocals are a mixture of deep death metal growls/crustcore style yelling mixed in with some clean singing as well as some spoken word passages, while the lyrics touch on depressing themes, as for the production on this album which was recorded at Jim Barnes Audio Productions during the autumn of 1994 sounds very professional and you can hear all of the instruments that are present on this album.
In my opinion Mindrot where a very talented and underrated band for their and if you are a fan of atmospheric doom/death you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Anguish" "Burden" "Forlorn" and "Internal Isolation". RECOMMENDED BUY
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Heinali And Matt Finney/Conjoined/Paradigms Recordings/2011 CD Review
Heinali and Matt Finney are a duo with one member from Alambama and the other from Ukraine that mixes doom metal with shoegaze/ambient and spoken word and this is a review of their 2011 album "Conjoined" which was released by Paradigms Recordings.
Drums are mostly slow playing with some tribal parts with no fast drumming or blast beats, while the bass playing has a very dark distorted tone with alot of heavy and slow riffing, as for the synths when they are utilized they bring a drone/dark ambient feel to the music.
Rhythm guitars are mostly slow riffs that combeine doom, ambient, and shoegaze together mixed in with alot of weird distorted drone parts, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding doomgaze leads when utilied.
Vocals are all spoken word with no singing or growling, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it sounds very dark, heavy and raw.
In my opinion Heinali and Matt Finney are a very good doomgazwe band and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Chant" and "The Sun Will Rise Yet We Wont Be There". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums are mostly slow playing with some tribal parts with no fast drumming or blast beats, while the bass playing has a very dark distorted tone with alot of heavy and slow riffing, as for the synths when they are utilized they bring a drone/dark ambient feel to the music.
Rhythm guitars are mostly slow riffs that combeine doom, ambient, and shoegaze together mixed in with alot of weird distorted drone parts, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding doomgaze leads when utilied.
Vocals are all spoken word with no singing or growling, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it sounds very dark, heavy and raw.
In my opinion Heinali and Matt Finney are a very good doomgazwe band and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Chant" and "The Sun Will Rise Yet We Wont Be There". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Heirs/Fowl/Denovali Records/2011 CD Review
Heirs are a band from Austria that plays an experimental and industrial style of post doom metal and this is a review of their 2011 album "Fowl" which will be released by Denovali Records.
Drums are mostly slow drumming with no fast playing or blast beats, while the effects have a very ambient feel to them mixed in with a small amount of keyboards that have a tragic feel to them, as or the bass playing it sounds very powerful with some slow riffing.
Rhythm guitars are very slow and heavy ambient/drone/doom metal riffing that has a very depressive feel to them, and there are no guitar solos or leads present on the recording.
Vocals are absent from the recording while the sng titles are very dark, as for the production it has a very heavy and professional feel to it.
In my opinion Heirs are a very good experimental post doom metal band, and if you are a fan of this genre, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Fowl' "Tyrant" and "Mother". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums are mostly slow drumming with no fast playing or blast beats, while the effects have a very ambient feel to them mixed in with a small amount of keyboards that have a tragic feel to them, as or the bass playing it sounds very powerful with some slow riffing.
Rhythm guitars are very slow and heavy ambient/drone/doom metal riffing that has a very depressive feel to them, and there are no guitar solos or leads present on the recording.
Vocals are absent from the recording while the sng titles are very dark, as for the production it has a very heavy and professional feel to it.
In my opinion Heirs are a very good experimental post doom metal band, and if you are a fan of this genre, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Fowl' "Tyrant" and "Mother". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
From Oceans To Autumn/Silber Records/2011 EP Review
From Oceans To Autumn are a band from North Carolina that plays an instrumental from of post metal doom/drone/shoegaze and this is a review of their 2011 ep "The Flood The Fall" which was released by Silber Records.
Drums are mostly slow drumming with some fast playing and not much in the way of blast beats, while the synths have a very dark ambient feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars with alot of shoegaze style riffing.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs that take influences from doo/drone, progressive metal, and shoegaze with some dark melodies being used at times, and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on his recording.
There are no vocals or song lyrics on this recording but there is some spoken word passages on the 2nd song, while the production has a dark and heavy feel to it.
In my opinion From Oceans To Autumn are a very good post metal band, and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums are mostly slow drumming with some fast playing and not much in the way of blast beats, while the synths have a very dark ambient feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars with alot of shoegaze style riffing.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs that take influences from doo/drone, progressive metal, and shoegaze with some dark melodies being used at times, and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on his recording.
There are no vocals or song lyrics on this recording but there is some spoken word passages on the 2nd song, while the production has a dark and heavy feel to it.
In my opinion From Oceans To Autumn are a very good post metal band, and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED BUY.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Winter/Into Darkness/Southern Lord Records/2011 CD Ee-Issue Review
Winter where a band from New York that played a style that I would describe as being experimental doom/death metal and this is a review of their 1990 album "Eternal Frost" which was originally released by Nuclear Blast Records ad will be re-issued by Sothern Lord Records in 2011.
Drums are mostly slow to midpaced drumming with no fast plying or blast beats, while the synths have a very dark ambient feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a very heavy and distorted tone with some slow and doomy riffing.
Rhythm guitars are very slow and heavy doom/death metal riffing that also sounds very dark and at times they have a thrash feel to them while the lead guitars are 80's style extreme underground metal guitar leads.
Vocals are a mixture of deep death metal growls that are very easy to understand and Tom G Warrior style grunts, while the lyrics cover winter, darkness, and the apocylpse, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy and raw sound to it.
In my opinion Winter where a very underrated doom/death metal band for thie time and if you interested in hearing the original doom/death metal sound, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Servants Of The Warsmen" "Destiny" and "Into Darkness". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums are mostly slow to midpaced drumming with no fast plying or blast beats, while the synths have a very dark ambient feel to them, as for the bass playing it has a very heavy and distorted tone with some slow and doomy riffing.
Rhythm guitars are very slow and heavy doom/death metal riffing that also sounds very dark and at times they have a thrash feel to them while the lead guitars are 80's style extreme underground metal guitar leads.
Vocals are a mixture of deep death metal growls that are very easy to understand and Tom G Warrior style grunts, while the lyrics cover winter, darkness, and the apocylpse, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy and raw sound to it.
In my opinion Winter where a very underrated doom/death metal band for thie time and if you interested in hearing the original doom/death metal sound, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Servants Of The Warsmen" "Destiny" and "Into Darkness". RECEMMONDED BUY.
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