Bofo Kwo are a band from Finland that plays a symphonic mixture of black and death metal with some elements of tradsitioanl rock and this is a review of their self released 2017 ep "Legend Of A Cannibal King".
A very dark sounding intro starts off the ep before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the music also mixes the symphonic elements in with the heavier sections of the songs as well as some touches of traditional rock also being used at times.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the faster sections of the music also bring in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style.
Death metal elements are also added into some parts of the recording along with a couple of tracks also introducing clean playing, female vocals, spoken word parts and acoustic guitars onto the ep and a couple of songs are also very long and epic in length, most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style. The production sounds very professional for being a self released recording while the lyrics cover cannibalism, death, power, devastation, war, space travel and violence themes.
In my opinion Bofo Kwo are a very great sounding symphonic mixture of black, death metal and traditional rock and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Enduring The Smell Of Burning Flesh" and "Black Unicorn". 8 out of 10.
| Bandcamp |
| iTunes |
| Spotify |
| YouTube |
.jpg)
.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment