6 New Reviews @ Absolute Zero Media
Acrimonious- Sunyata-CD (Agonia Records)
So we start off with a very neo classic ambient moment and as the album progresses it becomes a Black metal fest of Speed, Cold Riffs and Grim vocals . If you like more Melodic Mid to Fast Tempo Black metal in the Polish or Swedish vein this is going to be for you. Its well presented and full in sound and style were the vocals are full of reverb and that bottom end echo that works so well with bands like Marduk, Dark Funeral and Horna.. I really like the hypnotic elements that come across when the band slows down a bit and you can really hear the talent of the musicianship in Acrimonious. There is a Power metal band in the making here. The Solo are really good. Acrimonious does like to add the Progressive elements and Ambient moments on as well and I think thats what makes this all the more special and unnerving. I love the Organs which could come straight from a Blood Axis or Funeral Doom band but then Acrimonious needs to bring back the Blackened stench of perfection back into front and center view. Agonia you are really becoming the label to go to for Fringe Metal of an extreme natures. Thank you for this.
http://agoniarecords.com/
The Devil- S/T-CD (Candlelight Records)
Why is band giving me the same feeling Bands like Arcturus, Solefald, Devil Doll, Katatonia and Oxiplegatz etc. This is a Movie soundtrack for the Gothic Doom metal generation. The Samples of Alien sighting's , 9 11 moments and so much more wth a back drop of Synths, Doom guitars, bass and drums all with the feeling of an orchestral unit that is in love the Dark Ambient or Neo Classical sounds of Cold Meat Industrial or Cold Spring Records. At times I think this could have been created by Aryeon or Devin Townsend in just the over all inventive level the way The Devil have presented the tracks. The bands mysterious cloaks, masks and the vision of end of days as these new age reapers have created. There is something very different about this release as there are no proper vocals just samples mixed with Cinematic Avantgarde Metal. The Devil is band not to miss.
http://candlelightrecordsusa.com/
Sink- The Holy Testament- CD (Svart Records)
Black Drone is not something I hear much but when I hear it I get a feeling like no other and with this force they have a vibe in coming with two bands with Wolf in their name . Plainly Wolvserpent and Wolves in the Throne room . Sink have a lot in common with a people like James Plotkin and Troum in the sound installation vision they are creating with each layer of bleak and dark sounds. Sink is the kind of project that builds track by track becoming more occult, eerie and unsettling with every moment of listening and they are drawing this review right into the trap they have constructed. There are many elements of Swans and Nuebaten going on here as well. I really like this but its a very intensive journey and not for the faint of heart. Justin Brodrick project Final is another band I hear a lot in Sink. There is not much more to say other then Noise, Drone, Doom, Ambient and Black Industrial mixed together makes a great band called Sink....
http://svartrecords.com/
Red Rose- On the Cusp of Change-CD ( Scarlet Records)
So we have a Prog Power Metal force from Israel that reminds me very much a mix of Yes, Porupine Tree, Gamma Ray and Blind Guardian all into a sonic wall of majestic and epic classic metal elements that all to seem to stem back to bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio/Elf and Deep Purple. You know what you are getting here and if its not you cup of tea it clearly will never be. If you like bands like Savatage and Amorphis this band will win you over with the Moog and Theatrical elements going on this are more musical plays over the course of a completed story rather then just a collection of Arena Prog Rock with a metallic overtone. Red Rose is super talented for sure it may just be too Synth driven for some of the more heavy power metal fans so be fore warned. Red Rose the more I listen to them have a lot in Common with a great European Hard Rock band called TNT if you know of them this is a must listen...
Ruins- Place of No Pity-CD (Listenable Records)
So you like your Black metal from Norway with that Droning Post Black metal blast then look no further then Ruins who are from Australia and are equal parts Saytricon, Immortal, Khold and DHG in what they are fully achieving. After two stellar releases with the Extreme metal jugganuat D.M.P label they have moved on to Listenable Records home to a roster of more Tech and Melodic Death metal bands. Ruins are moving into a very Celtic Frost meets Saytricon vibe going on and I really like it but its not has massive and epic as then more Immortal worship that was going with their last 2 releases. There is a strong thrash metal element going on here with all I hear and I really like it with the more experimental post hardcore sounds as well. Ruins is a band that does take risks with " Place on no pity" and it works better then I ever thought it would. They have me impressed with alll 3 of the albums I've heard and this is by far the best one yet.
http://listenable.net/
Primitive Man- Scorn-CD (Throatruiner Records)
Wonderful , Glorious , Crusty, Sludgy, Noisy Doom with that Nihilistic element that we all need. Are you a fan of Unearthly Trance, Eyehategod, Grief, Cavity, Corrupted, Man in the Bastard , His Hero is Gone or Damad then you know where I'm going with this . The Power of this band is in league with bands like like Neurosis, Godflesh, Swans, Thergothon etc you got it now I;m sure. You can hear the Pain and Suffering in ever brilliant riff and guttural cry that comes from Primitive Man. Scorn is going to be a test of where all Sludge/ Crust Doom sounds will be elevated or put in the depths and forgotten about. The feedback and sonic destruction going on here really is what I've been missing on for about 5-10 yrs and its back so horns up, amps full volume and soundman its time for you to give up and just let the band blow up the P.A.... Primitive Man is the band to start a new movement for the sickest most molasses metal to come into the underground again and kick it on its ass!!!! I have to see this band live or my days will not be worth living.. Denver CO you have a sickness and its name is Primitive Man THANK YOU !!!!!!!
throatruinerrecords.com
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