Reviews
\r\nGroups that I hear from Poland, are at least interesting. This is also proved by Chain Reaction, a band that exists from 2002 but now released their debut. The album here is self-produced, thing that makes impression that such bands, would not supposed to be without a record deal. However, I am sure that Chain Reaction thanks to Vicious Circle will find soon find one. The first thing that impresses, is the exceptional sound, while immediately afterwards come amazing riffs to take out our head.
\r\nIt is not easy to draw conclusions from one only track. Instead of this, we can take an idea and become suspicious of what exactly we will hear in the future from an artist. Norra Morrel from Bulgaria is a singer who makes now her first steps, releasing this Single CD that contains a track, named Life In The Air. What we hear here is symphonic Power Metal as that of Nightwish and all similar groups. This composition does not have something to jealous about from those of other groups, but consequently is nothing unique.
Bay Area Thrash from Korea! This is what Mahatma provide us with their second effort “Perseverance” the continuing of their first album “The Endless Struggle Against Time” (2006)
\r\nAn Offering is the name of the third album from Canadians, Inner Surge, that apart from confused and drowned into chaos of their influences, are presented to us and enough amateur. With a first glance, the album make us believe that we have to make with something dark and atmospheric thanks to its black and cold artwork. The things however do not have any relation with such a thing. The band tries to combine Progressive sound with Nu Metal outbreaks and Hardcore influences. The result? Chaos and tiredness!
\r\nI admit that Dunghill confused me a little and this happened because even themselves are somehow tangled. With a first listening it seems that we have to make with a band, which does not take and a lot in serious and wants to have fun. After some listenings, it appears that on one hand this exists, but on the other hand they have also various beautiful elements in their music in which they do not hesitate to experiment. It is a band that presents us a mix of Heavy Rock, Alternative Rock/Metal, while there are not absent enough Hardcore influences.
\r\nNorway’s Doomsters Sahg, have returned after two years of silence with their second effort, simply entitled “Sahg II”. If some of you happened to have listened to the first album of the band “Sahg I”, I’m sure that you already know the abilities of the band that with this release states that is not just another doom metal band that would release a good album and then….nothing.
\r\nFinland is one those countries that have drawn much of the metal audience towards its side. And that’s a reasonable reaction. If you think of bands like Amorphis, Sentenced, Children Of Bodom, Nightwish and many more (it’ll take much time to mention them all), you understand why there is so much interest in the sound of the finnish scene.
\r\nArabic Folk/ Black Metal from Bahrain... Is there anything more odd to listen to? This band with the not easy nor catchy name Narjahanam has its first album out under Haarbn Productions. Unfortunately, despite the uniqueness, as we don’t meet releases like this one everyday, things aren’t good at all and Narjahanam need tragic improvement to reach up to a satisfying level. Everything in the album is dreary and ugly, starting off from the sound, going to compositions and ending to an ugly and annoying production.
\r\nDebut album from Ruins Of Faith, which despite the fact that they come from a country which hasn’t offered something in the extreme sound until now, Georgia appears that they enter dynamically in the Metal scene and they present us an album of Pagan Black Metal which however doesn’t remain stuck in the classic forms, but they are experimenting and the result is very interesting. First of all, we must say that the album is small in duration, as it does not last more than 33 minutes.