Saturday, February 23, 2013

Overoth/Kingdom Of Shadows/Hostile Media/2013 CD Review


  Overoth  are  a  band  from  Ireland  that  plays  a  very  dark  and  old  school  form  of  death  metal  with  some  black  metal  influences  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Kingdom  Of  Shadows"  which  was  released  by  Hostile  Media.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  some  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for t he  synths  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  bring  a  very  dark  and  epic  sound  to  the  recording.

 Rhythm  guitars  range  from s low,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy,  dark  and  old  school  sounding  with  some  black  metal  influences  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  old  school  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  a  brief  use  of  high  pitched  black  metal  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  old  school,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Overoth  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy,  dark  and  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should c heck  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "A  Cry  To The  Fallen"  "The  Serpent  Of  Old"  "Pathway  to  Demise"  and  "Upon  The  Altar".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

No comments:

Post a Comment