ADifferentShadeOfBlackMetalZine: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Dethcentrik/I Think You Got The Clean Version/Dod Incarnate Records/2012 CD Review

Dethcentrik are a band from Colorado Springs, Colorado that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style that combines black metal, doom, punk, industrial and noise together and this is a review of their 2012 album "I Think You Got The Clean Version" which was released by Dod Incarnate Records.

Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with a good amount of brutal blast beats being thrown into the music, while the programming brings elements of experimental, harsh noise and industrial elements to the music.

Regular guitars and bass are all absent from this recording with the drums and programming making up for the brutality and still showing you can bring metal elements into the music without using these traditional instruments.

Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal/noisecore screams mixed in with some spoken word industrial elements, while the lyrics cover dark and hateful themes, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it.

In my opinion this is another great album from Dethcentrik and if you where a fan of their previous recordings, you should enjoy this one as well. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Let Us Pray" "Realization Of Being In Hell" and "A Quick Yet Painful Death". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Sarah Jezebel Deva/Malediction/Listenable Records/2012 EP Review

Sarah Jezebel Deva is an artist from the United kingdom that has been featured before in this zine which plays a gothic and symphonic form of metal with a black and doom metal touch and this is a review of her 2012 ep "Malediction" which was released by Listenable Records.

Drums range from slow to mid paced drumming with not much in the way of fast playing or blast beats, while the keyboards bring a very atmospheric, gothic and symphonic sound to the music, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.

Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced gothic metal riffs that utilize some black and doom metal influences as well as a great amount of melody being thrown into the riffing and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.

Vocals are mostly clean singing female vocals as well as some male clean vocals along with some deep death metal growls and high pitched black metal screams being utilized on the last song in addition there is also a brief spoken word part, while the lyrics cover dark and depressive themes, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound.

In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Sarah Jezebel Deva and if you are a fan of her past work, you should enjoy this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "This Is My Curse". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Windfaerer/Solar/2012 EP Review

Windfaerer are a band from New Jersey that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style that mixes melodic black metal and folk metal and this is a review of their self released 2012 ep "Solar".

Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffs that dominate throughout the recording, as for the violins when they are utilized they bring the folk music elements to the music.

Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine melodic black metal with death and folk metal, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the classical guitars when t hey are utilize they use finger picking and full chords to bring a medieval sound to the music.

Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with some death metal g rowls, while the lyrics cover Paganism and Nature themes, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording and you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion this is another great recording from Windfaerer and if you are a fan of melodic black metal mixed with death and folk metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Glimpse Of Light" "Blackened Voids" and "The Morning Star". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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Monday, July 2, 2012

Wulfshon/Prinnit Mittilagart/Art Gates Records/2012 CD Review

Wulfshon are a band from Argentina that plays pagan black metal with a melodic death metal edge and this is a review of their 2012 album "Prinnit Mittilagart" which was released by Art gates Records.

Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with a good amount of blast beats being thrown into the music, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.

Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine melodic pagan/black metal with death metal along with a brief use of clean playing, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding black/death metal guitar solos and leads, a s for the classical guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking and full chords to give the music a medieval feeling.

Vocals range from high pitched black metal screams to deep death metal growls as well as some spoken word parts and clean singing, while the lyrics Norse Paganism themes, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Wulfshon are a very great sounding hybrid of melodic pagan/black metal and death metal and if you are a fan of this style of music, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Death In The Light" "Sons Of Wolves" and "Pride Of Death". RECOMMENDED BUY.