Vidharr
Cryo
7 Track E.P
MAA
Productions (Zero Dimensional Records)
Released 19th February 2013
Superb E.P out now!
Written for www.Brutalism.com
Vidharr – Rome, Italy
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Genre: Black
Metal with hints of Doom
In the bands
own words:
“Vidharr is an Italian Black Metal band founded
in 2004 by Mørke & Reim as a doom project; however due to musical
progression and influence they started composing Black Metal”
Void
You would be
wrong in thinking this was a blackened doom metal band on first listening to
this, although it does house a black metal vocal, it also plays host to a deep
resonating groove that has a tendency to bounce(!) along with some interesting
stringed arrangements. Moving further on,
it does hit the blackened doom spot nicely and finishes off back to its welcome
‘bounce’ once more – great track!
Rust
Edgy and
bristling with flexibility, this band are not your usual run of the mill black
metal band. They still capture the
sickening black moments and the doom but they have given their tracks an added
peppering of up tempo groove, which is good news as black metal usually gets
stuck in the same old cliché with nowhere for it to go – However, this holds
plenty of contrast.
Cryo
This plays host
to some beautiful ambient strings that lighten the doom with an intense array
of lilting female vocal although it isn’t an up tempo track, the rhythms
contained within it, are light and melodic with a good sample added. Once more
the blackened vocal ignites and immerses the senses into some psychedelic
strings – this has a lot of welcome variation.
Bolide
Dark, heavy and
ambient this track climbs up from the depths and into a roaring pit of
malevolence. Good solid drumming and captivating riffs swell around a throaty
rasp of evil vocal. Great rhythms of an
up tempo nature spread over the entirety of the track but still cleverly caged within its
blackening doom walls. Really exciting and enthralling track indeed.
Bacteria
A refined brooding
immerses the senses into an evil array of gnarliness, rich in thick doom laden
textures and interesting rhythms whilst seducing the listener with a resonating
scathing voice that beckons with an evil dark force of temptation.
Processed
Back to the
plucking of ambient strings that free flow amid a slow melodic foundation that
is carved on a superb melancholic female vocal that basks in sophistication and
dramatically swaggers into a more fiery depth as the seething angry vocal makes
its present felt. Totally engrossing track that really speeds like a bullet
further on with the ambient strings not far away.
EyehateGod – Blank (Cover)
Not sure why
the band did this cover unless it was just as a filler for their album. I much
prefer the bands own work than covers if I am perfectly honest.
To Sum up:
Here is a band
that are not afraid to leave their comfort zone and add hints and peppering’s
of various up tempo rhythms to their blackened doom whilst adding a lilting
female tone to blackened scathing vocal is such a good idea. The band have gone
out of their way to shrug off the clichéd black doom metal and add in some
interesting concepts that work extremely well, ensuring the listener always has
something different and varied to listen to without going over the top. It is a
great listen although forget the cover version, in my opinion it just takes
away from all the bands hard efforts.
Interesting,
engrossing and enthralling there is a lot on this E.P to consume and once you
start consuming you won’t be able to contain your hunger.
9/10
Tracklist:
Void
Rust
Cryo
Bolide
Bacteria
Processed
EyehateGod – Cover
Members:
Møerke - Guitars, Vocals & Composition
Andras - Bass, Lyrics
Drums - Atum
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