Review from Doomed to Darkness Zine

Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, September 9, 2017 Under: English
From: Doomed to Darkness Zine
Published:
September 6, 2017
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Odradek  Room  are  a  band  from  Ukraine  that  plays  a  very  melodic  and  progressive  mixture of  doom  and  death metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "A  Man  Of  Silt"  which  was  released  as  a  joint  effort  between Hypnotic  Dirge  Records  and  BadMoodMan  Music.

A  jazz influenced  intro  starts  off  the  album  before  adding  in  some  symphonic  and  epic  sounding  keyboards which  they  also  mix  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  songs  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  death  metal  growls along  with  a  few  screams  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

When  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion  while  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a decent  amount  of  melody  along  with  some  acoustic  guitars  being  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording which  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  progressive  edge  as  well  as  the  riffing  mixing  in  the  heaviness  of doom metal.

Spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  at  times  while  the  high  pitched  screams  also  add  in  a  touch  of  black metal  along  with  most  of  the  tracks  being  very  long  and epic  in  length  as  well  as some  tracks  also  add  in  a small  amount  of  melodic  vocals  and  elements  of  post  rock  are  also  used  at  times  and  all  of  the  songs  stick either  to  a  slow  or  mid  paced  musical  direction,  saxophones  and  female  vocals  can  also  be  heard  briefly.

Odradek  Room  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  progressive,  melodic  death  and  atmospheric  doom  metal  and mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics cover  thoughts,  feelings,  dreams  and  philosophy  themes.

In  my  opinion  Odradek  Room  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive  and  melodic  mixture  of  doom  and  death metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  

Rating: 8/10

In : English 


Tags: odradek room  a man of silt  progressive doom metal  doom metal  progressive metal  ihsahn  katatonia   


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Genre: Progressive (Doom) Metal

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