Review from Aristocrazia Webzine

July 1, 2013
From: Aristocrazia Webzine
Published:
July 1, 2013
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*Google translation of Italian review

Odradek Room is a band from the spirit suffered emotionally, which draws on several occasions inspiration from various forms of literature, whose name comes from a short story by Franz Kafka and his texts draw from the "Bardo Thodol" (Tibetan book of the dead). Express a highly atmospheric doom that does not mind the ramble and sink into context death, even slightly progressive, bringing to the fore a visceral passion for the vision of creatures such early nineties Katatonia, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride to which they could unite in second October Tide also beaten and Officium Triste. Notwithstanding that the verb in charge of moving the ranks of their debut album "Bardo. Relative Reality" seems to be indisputably "dream", which is a bit 'displaces. Not that you're used to face music environments in which the melancholic and "relaxed" tend more to reason than to annihilate, the point is that the performance of the quartet puzzled as emotionally unstable, seems to be able to work together, with very good results, and an apparent excessive tumultuosità icy detachment, outbuildings in a proposal in itself of course anything but direct, may initially complicate the entry in connection with the songs. 

The album needs time to grow and be appreciated, but once the music has found the key scardinante that feeling of uncertainly, able to irretirvi with songs such as "Theatre Of Forms", "A Painting (Digging Into The Canvas With Oil)" and "Faded Reality." The last two episodes quoted represents "summa" of choices and ideas badged Odradek Room is for the ability to show off an unbridled aggression and heaviness which by the way in which they are inserted floating suspension put to increase the consistency of the atmospheric compartment. The group is only the very first chapter of the story, however, proves to be already able to navigate within this world of sound and vibration, and makes wise use of keyboards and fits properly the samples that go to integrate successfully in the flow of traces. With the next album will be able to make full center? Who knows. However, make no mistake would be enough to keep an eye on, and basically it costs us? You can give a listen to "Bardo. Relative Reality", what will ensue then so be it.

Reviewed by: Gabrielle Strano
 

Review from Metal1

June 19, 2013
From: Metal1
Published:
June 18, 2013
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*Google translation of German review

How important is the technical implementation of the overall impression conveyed by the album, is always only if there is exactly at this weak point - must serve as an example of today unfortunately the Ukrainians Odradek Room.

For as good as the quite elaborate ideas of force may be also consistently: all too often fails the edibility of technical shortcomings. In the case of "Bardo. Relative Reality "at the ...

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Review from Mortem 'Zine

June 6, 2013
From: Mortem 'Zine
Published: June 2, 2013
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*Google translation of Czech review

About surprises abound even in the doom metal core, so one such seed today jointly crack. This time, our paths will lead to the east, to the port of Mariupol, where in addition to pollution and heavy industry does not seem to be envied. But something did. In Kafka's literary heritage in the title and Far Eastern culture in Tibet musical ideas that are debuting Ukrainians Odradek ROOM. The band that impres...

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Review from ZWaremetalen

June 1, 2013
From: Zwaremetalen
Published:
May 30, 2013
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*Google translation of Dutch review

The Ukrainian company has given shelter by the Hypotic Dirge label, which in my opinion quite highly regarded. A label that often enough it not afraid to experiment, as Odradek Room on debut album Bardo. Relative Reality . Of course I will try right to label so you know right or you should read. Further this band here The best fit is progressive / avant garde doom metal.

Are you still on? Beautiful, then t...

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Review from Sicmaggot Webzine

May 28, 2013
From: Sicmaggot Webzine
Published:
May 25, 2013
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*Google translation of Czech review

If you are a band in the title of this article so far heard, certainly has no reason to be regarded as some uneducated. For example, I did not until recently did not have a Odradek Room any idea which of course changed when I got to hand their actual debut "Bardo. Relative Reality" , which to some extent for noteworthy. Part may be našince this Ukrainian band interesting, if only because of its name...

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Review from Ave Noctum Webzine

May 28, 2013
From: Ave Noctum Webzine
Published:
May 23, 2013
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I guess with the band being named after a Kafka story and an album title like that, it was a fair signpost that there would be introspection and an urge to go the progressive route by these Ukrainian musicians. Would I want to follow? Hmm. Well the sound is kind of the Katatonia template with a smidgen of The 3rd & The Mortal and a tweak of funeral doom and doom/death laid about with a post-rock feel. Honestly, though, I can’t help...

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Review from Don't count on it reviews

May 28, 2013
From: Don't count on it reviews
Published:
May 23, 2013
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I first found out about Odradek Room some time last year while scouring through different groups on Bandcamp. I never got around to actually listening to the band until now though. I was excited to hear what a band who was labeled as "progressive doom metal" would actually end up sounding like. 

The sound of this record is, I think, a bit underdeveloped for me to really say that it's "progressive" but there is definitely some n...

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Review from doom-metal.com

May 28, 2013
From: Doom-metal.com
Published:
May 21, 2013
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I spoke at some length with Artem* Krikhtenko, band leader for Ukrainians Odradek Room, in an interview here, just prior to the re-release of this originally self-produced 2012 debut. It has been remastered and enhanced for issue through Hypnotic Dirge, supplied in a tidy and informative digipack with full English translation alongside the original Cyrillic script. 

There's a lot of background to the album contained in the interview: in s...

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Review from Brutalism.com

May 16, 2013
From: Brutalism.com
Published:
May 16, 2013
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Named after one of Franz Kafka's short stories, Odradek Room is an atmospheric and progressive death-doom band with post-rock leanings from Mariupol, Ukraine. Initially formed in 2008 under the name 'Shards Of Silence', the band changed their name at the beginning of 2010, and their first release appeared on the compilation of Doom-art.ru project. Their first full-length album, Bardo. Relative Reality was initially recorded in early 2012 ...

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Review from Les Eternels

May 7, 2013
From: Les Eternels
Published: May 6, 2013
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*Google translation of French review

Grey as proposed by the young Ukrainian music, the atmospheric doom-death tinged moods " post "not breathing itself the joy of living. In itself, this is absolutely not a problem, because in this genre a significant number of first-rate works were created on full gray background. No, the problem is that Bardo. Relative Reality.  's not very inspired, simply. Except for the fact qu'Odradek Room is expresse...

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 ODRADEK ROOM -
BARDO. RELATIVE REALITY.


Released: March 9, 2013
500 Copies (250 digipack, 250 jewel case)
Atmospheric Death-doom Metal