So I was in Love Music in Glasgow a week or two after record store day because I had to work on RSD so I couldn’t do the whole queuing up from 5 in the morning thing . but when I was looking through the metal section I found this wee beauty on vinyl and I decided to grab it cause the cover art was sick.
So here’s some background on the record,Sikth are a UK based metal band who are best Known for being one of the progenitors of the genre formally known as djent. Who after a long-ass hiatus came back did some shows, Decided they liked making music together again so they wrote an EP called Opacities. And I’m going to give it wee review for the sake of science and because I think its pretty damn good.
So let’s get rooiight into the review………
The EP opens with the track: “Behind the Doors”, which is a mathy unhinged explosion of an opening track. It’s got a riff to make you bang your head until you get whiplash and the chorus begs for an audience to sing it back. Vocalist Mikee Goodman sounds like he’s losing his mind during the song and it works to great
effect to really create this feeling of insanity. The second track “Philistine Philosophies” Is a groove machine of a track with a meshuggah-esque feel in the verse where everything is locked to this very mechanical sounding groove but after this, the chorus takes on a very melodic epic feel the guitars almost sounding like they’re trying to imitate strings, and it’s just a very nice song. The next song “Under the Weeping Moon” is a great slice of modern metal it follows a lot of the same beats as “Behind the Doors ” however this track is a lot more melodic and less chaotic. “Tokyo Lights” is a spoken word track its a bit weird and jarring Goodman again sounds like he’s playing this insane character who sounds like a mix of Old Greg from The Mighty Boosh and The Joker it’s really creepy and weird not, quite sure how I feel about it . The next two tracks really follow the same progressive mathy Avant gardeness and then the ep ends
My overall feeling is that this is a really good EP the songwriting is really strong and deserves a lot of praise, and the production is really clear. Definitely give it a listen if you likez the djentz.
8.5/10
, really nice. This EP feels lively, it really breaths. The inclusion of having the songs performed by a full band on “Hummingbird” makes the songs feel bigger and more colourful than if they had just been arranged for guitar and vocals. Amy as a singer has an amazing voice, it’s really full sounding and there’s so much emotion and really take centre stage and makes shines so well.
apanese idol pop much like the intro song for an anime, fused with melodic death metal and fronted by 3 teenage girls. At first glance its like srsly?, after you listen to it though it makes sense and its fun. Yes heavy music doesn’t always have to be serious, it can be fun. From the get go with Babymetal it is important to remember that this band was constructed much like another pop act within Japans music industry. With that does come the stigma that this band is just a novelty act, and maybe that is the case. To be honest, I don’t think authenticity of their music is relevent to say whether Babymetal is good or not. Because their first album is really good, catchy hooks, good riffs and just good music.
o have an ep or album available to download or listen to on Bandcamp. This week The chosen band is Glasgow based Sunny Sense.
quick interview while was having his breakfast. And here’s the interview:
sound of the band sit pretty well with me. I’ve got to give them props on their debut album named after the band. The songwriting being absolutly top notch helps to boost what would otherwise be just another indie band to being something very unique and special.
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