Echidna - Manifests Of Human Existence

\r\n Τhinking outside the box and walking your own path as an artist is a huge thing and takes balls of steel! Greeks Echidna walk on paths they, themselves have carved and manage to achieve goals others only dream of. Progressive death metal? If there’s a mandatory need of labeling...
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\r\n These guys grab music by the hair, hold it high, throw it on the wall, throw it to hell and back! There is no such thing as a "must", "have to" or any taboos here. The lads release their inner demons and enjoy it at the same time. Not meaning they do not take their music too seriously, on the contrary! The care with which they built this monster is more than obvious. Echidna have constructed entire soundscapes without
\r\nlooking at the clock, outside the mere thinking sphere. The songs are stretched across time and space and while being technical they do not lack anything in terms of essense. I’m not gonna say anything about their musicianship, their skills are to be cherished! Influences vary from Atheist, to Death, to Cynic filtering them and ending up in their own personal sounds. The variety in tempos, the mighty string work is simply amazing.
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\r\n The production could have been a bit better, a thicker, heavier sound would be more apropriate but I’m just a bitch right now cuz the songs fill the mentioned "void". No, it doesn’t sound bad, I would just prefere a bit heavier outcome, purely soundwize. The guitar work is for seminars, experimental and unique, so is the rhythm section(I loved the bass work!). "Manifests Of Human Existence" is diamond well hiden, world class allthesame! Whoever is into music without putting labels on everything, just pure music, will re-discover the magic of well structured tech metal. Not multi-complex shreds that confuse you like most modern bands do these days. One of the few times you can actually hear MUSIC from a prog band. YEAH!
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\r\nps-a kick ass bonus is the video the guys did for "In Fathomless Depths". Must see!\r\n

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\r\n Giannis rem3dy Nakos\r\n

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\r\nhttp://echidna-band.com/manifest/
\r\nhttp://www.myspace.com/echidnagr
\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFr5ql9_rY\r\n

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