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I am still trying to work exactly where this fits
in with other similar sounding bands. From the first
few melodic tremolo filled guitar picks on opener
‘7th Moon’ to the part distorted and
strained vocals and more often youthful sounding
and well sung, I skip from moments of Opeth to Porcupine
Tree, to Isis, Mogwai and Tool, and even younger
post-metal bands such as Devil Sold His Soul and
Symmetry. And just to add to the mix the band through
in a few jazzy trumpet lines and a solemn - but
not as crushing as A Storm Of Light - droning layers
of sound. In many of the tracks unpredictable paths,
what binds the slightly experimental album together
is that you could quite happily put the tag ‘progressive’
on it, which is neither good nor bad but at least
you get an immediate idea of what to expect.
At The Soundawn are a collective of friends who
have been playing music together in various different
metal and hardcore bands in their local area of
Modena, Italy. Having not been to that part of the
world, I can't really comment on the overall sound
of bands from that area, but I would hazard a guess
from listening to the maturity in this recording
that they are probably one of the more popular bands
- of course I can be completely wrong about this.
It certainly stands out amongst some of their peers
and younger bands on the up. The band have an experimental
side to them and abundance of ideas, and don't often
fall into the traps of delay fx for delay fx sake,
or random guitar phrasing with no meaning of purpose.
Instead, you get absorbing passages of music with
detailed drumming and percussion on 'Caofedian'
to gentle and thoughtful guitars which feature in
the majority of the tracks alongside layers of echo
and reverb - guitarist Matteo Bassoli has been regarded
by his band mates as a "typical effects pedal
fanatic".
It's not only the differences in guitar playing
that stands out either, the band have really made
an effort to include a varied a great sounding percussion
section, with Enrico Calvano switching from off-kilter
rhythms to flowing drum patterns on tracks such
as 'Drifting Lights', which are reminiscent of the
back end of a Tool album, which isn't a bad thing
at all. Put simply, At The Soundawn do enough on
this album to really stand out from other similar
bands.
4/5
Review by Rich E |
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Mirco Migliori
Matteo Bassoli
Andrea Violante
Alessio Bellotto
Enrico Calvano |
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1. Mudra: In Acceptance And Regret
2. 7th Moon
3. Caofedian
4. Drifting Lights
5. Black Waves
6. Hades
7. Prometheus Bring Us The Fire |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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