TOUCH THE SPIDER - Souls For Sale

TOUCH THE SPIDER - Souls For Sale

Written by Branimir Lokner
Saturday, 31 October 2009
TOUCH THE SPIDER " Souls For Sale "
( Self - released / Where Are You Forom Records ) 2009.
CD
Doom/goth/psychedelic/crossover - GERMANY

Out of German Black Forest comes a two persons - Unholy Ghost and Cosmic Energy. They stands behind Touch The Spider band, and practically all the things they creates with own forces. During the brief periods, they have pressed a two albums, a first one was double, entitled " I Spit On Your Grave", and actuelle one - "Souls For Sale". A German guys has offered a pretty unique musical amalgam, and its sound comprises many different stillish options and elements. In its specific way materials from album delivers energy and strength of our time, with additional influental views traced from different musical periods. So, we can find clear doom elements, 80's gothic variations, 70's psychedelia, and post new wave includings as well. Arrangments threathenings as same as songs realizations posses clear convinceble line, even that production varies from place to place. A Germans also experimentizes, and some of offering themes has had an unusual finalizations. "Souls Of Sale" has showed a one side of musical conceptuality of German tandem, so we can see what the future brings in their case.

Rating : 7,5 / 10
C / o : www.touchthespider.com
www.myspace.com/touchthespider

DoHM - Circus

DoHM - Circus

Written by Branimir Lokner
Tuesday, 27 October 2009

DoHM " Circus "
( Self - released ) 2009.
CD - USA
Alt.metal/progressive metal

Out of Cleveland circuit comes a band DoHM. They work as a quintet, and formed back in 2005 year. They are more than active as a concert act, and during the years of existence, they did a more than 125 shows . A band also posses in own discography a two issues - " Watch The River Runs Red"( 2006), and actuelle one " The Circus".
A Cleveland mates are certain act in its attitudes, as same as in performing realizations. Musically they tries to combine alter metal with progressive metal tendencies, but with strong 90's includings as well. They sounds sometimes agressive, sometimes chaotic, but all the things they holds in own hands.
We can hear in its offering album materials some known influences from groups as a Soundgarden, Tool, or Deftones, but band's mixing chemistry has created something enough unique.They are also part-time melodic, but listening complete materials one thing come to mind, and that's a strong ( natural ) performing energy of each member from band. " Circus " suppose to be a some sort of concept album, but not in usual progressive ( conceptual ) way. Finally, even of mentioned 90's influental traces, a productional threathenings and all other releasing details shows modern aspects of its authors and performing views.

Rating : 7,5/10
C / o : www.dohmsound.com
www.myspace.com/dohmsound

ASYLUM BEDLAM - Magma Mana Fetish

ASYLUM BEDLAM - Magma Mana Fetish

Written by Branimir Lokner
Monday, 26 October 2009

ASYLUM BEDLAM " Magma Mana Fetish "
( Self - released ) 2009.
CD - CROATIA
Dark/electro/industrial/goth

Out of Vodice in Andra, Croatia, comes a band Asylum Bedlam, active from 2007 year. They have toured around Serbia, Bulgaria and homeland, ant till now, with actuelle one, they have pressed a 3 issues - 1 Demo, 1 EP and full-length.
" Magma Mana Fetish" finds them as a unsigned act. They have introduced themselves with 14 tracks in, and I would add seriously threathed and released.
A band tries to offer own views and creations. Musically, thay are on the field of dark/electro goth tendencies, with some industrial additionals as well.
They sung in English language, and its lyrical views touches the dark sides of truth,but in some so call abstract manner. The atmospheres in present songs varies from place to place and different shapes as same as arrangments options balancing through offering materials. Even of not so small present aspects of originality, they are mostly infected by the 80's wave and 80's dark/goth/electro tendencies. But, that was a their choice in final. "Magma Mana Fetish"
comphrises a not just simply or easiest materials for avarage listeners ears, but band has showed some pretty interesting authors ideas and fine realizations.

Rating : 7 / 10
C / o : www.myspace.com/asylumcro

TOXIC HEART - Ride Your Life

TOXIC HEART - Ride Your Life

Written by Branimir Lokner
Monday, 26 October 2009

TOXIC HEART " Ride Your Life "
( Self - released ) 2009.
CD - SLOVENIA
Melodic hard rock/sleaze/glam rock

Toxic Heart are relatively newer act. They were formed in 2007 year, and comes out from Slovenia. A group works in quartet formation, and Slovenian boys has announced its arrival with debut album, entitled, " Ride Your Life". Slovenians are on the field of pretty melodic varaiants of glam/sleaze/hard rock, I would say that they have offered a very melodic option of mentioned genre's form. "Ride Your Life" are consists of 11 tracks, most of them posses radio friendly usings, and some of them could be find a place in hearts of melodic hard rock/glam followers. Its sound also associate on 80's period, but method of performings and what is more important, method of productional threathenings leads to newer Scandinavian acts. I have to say, that band's materials, and album in general mostly satisfies, but one of exsisting problem could be a evident manniristical authors views, presents practically from first to last song. All other things has showed a group's not small potentials.

Rating : 7 / 10
C / o : www.myspace.com/toxicheartofficial
www.metalrevelation.com
e-mail : marjo@metalrevelation.com

CORMORANT - Metazoa

CORMORANT - Metazoa

Written by Branimir Lokner
Thursday, 15 October 2009

CORMORANT " Metazoa "
( Saturnine Media ) 2009.
CD - USA
Progressive death metal/various metal genres

CORMORANT are San Francisco, Bay Area quartet, active some period on national underground metal scene. They have announced its arrival with actuelle full-length, entitled "Metazoa". A band has introduced themselves with pretty promising and releasing ideas. We can find in its album a 10 judging by qualities mainly equalizing tracks. A progressive death metal tendencies and melodic death metal variants structurally dinamize its performing options. But, also other metal stylish variants passes through its expandier arrangments includings, as a classic metal, neo folk traces and power metal offerings as well. Cormorant has offered a pretty unique sound, and one general progressive approach is present on each track separately too. A production is done according to standards of our time, and its imporatant to say, that also other technical elements absolutely satisfies. "Metazoa" realistically has introduced band in best possible manner.

Rating : 8,5/10
C / o : www.myspace.com/cormorantmusic

STUPID IN STEREO - The Day The Earth Stood Stupid

STUPID IN STEREO - The Day The Earth Stood Stupid

Written by Branimir Lokner
Monday, 12 October 2009

STUPID IN STEREO " The Day The Earth Stood Stupid"
( Unrepentant Records ) 2009.
CD
Punk/psychobilly - USA

Stupid In Stereo are newer hope of actuelle national punk/psychobilly movement. They were formed in 2007 year, and during the forthcoming period a group toured extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest. They started as a punk cover band, but later on a group finds its recognizable stylish approach.
Stupid In Stereo are fresh punk/psychobilly act influental by the british punk movement from the late 70's and USA horror psychobilly variants as well.
They have found its specific performing formula, and its debut " The Day The Earth Stood Stupid" mostly in relevant way describes a group's wantings and capabilities. They have offered a 15 mostly dinamic tracks, also in some way with evidental melodic traces, fullfield with simply but clear arrangments includings. Stupid In Stereo judging by its musical offerings on debut album are pretty promising act, with clear final messages and more than interesting performings.

Rating : 8,5/10
C / o : www.stupidinstereo.com
www.unrepentantrecords.com

SIPHER - One Remorse

SIPHER - One Remorse

Written by Branimir Lokner
Tuesday, 06 October 2009

SIPHER " One Remorse"
( Self- released ) 2009.
Demo CD - FINLAND
Symphonic metal

Klaus Kangas and Toni Lukkonen are two guys behind the Sipher - band/project. A Finnish tandem has released a new Demo, after expandier silence of 4 years. Previously, they pressed a 4 Demo issues, and they are ready and willin' for new actions. Sipher are basically a studio project, and its musical viiews ae orientire to one option of symphonic/dark metal. Its actuelle offering are consists of 12 tracks, where Finnish fellows did a lotta' efforts that all things get funkcionizes as well. I have to say that according to so call symphonic metal standardizations, they more or less have offered a solid releasing attempts. Vocalizations and performings are also done in similiar stylish manner, but a production is weaker on some places.
Also, in some other places its arrangments went outside genre's tendencies. It seems that Sipher has offered some well-releasing ideas, but present materials doesn't posses an equalizing valuabilities, and that's a finally a key possible problem.

Rating : 6,5/10
C /o : www.myspace.com/sipherweb

SUREFIRE MACHINE - Surefire Machine

SUREFIRE MACHINE - Surefire Machine

Written by Branimir Lokner
Friday, 22 October 2009

SUREFIRE MACHINE " Surefire Machine"
( Self - released ) 2009.
EP CD
Rock - Canada

Surefire Machine are Toronto, Canada based quartet. They are active some period ago, and they are owners of self-financed and self-released EP.
This is also its debut issue, but a members from band evidentally did a god job. A group has introduced themselves with 8 pretty relevant edgy rock songs, done with punk energy and "metalic" enthusiashm. A Canadian mates speaks about everyday urban tales, where performing energy deliver the best parts of its inner capabilities.They sounds also as a modern rock act, who accepts a noramativities of our time. Its album comphrises an equalizing materials without any specific leading track, but also without any weacker or less relevant place. A band's debut is recomandable product, and also a promising discografical start.

Rating : 8 / 10
C / o : www.surefiremachine.com
www.myspace.com/surefiremachhine