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(review) Tryglav – ‘The Ritual’

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Tryglav is back with new full length opus, first in four years, second in all. This project is named after a mountain in Slovenia, also after three headed Slavic deity, but the mountain is a bit differently pronounced. This is an entity from my home country, Croatia, brain spawn of one Boris Behara and it is fantastic. This opus offers seven songs of melodic yet aggressive black metal. When I listen to this opus, it feels like I am in some ruins fort on a dark night at the mountain, with wind blowing in my faces and bones, at the same time being alone, yet not alone. Guitar melodies and work are awesome, creating such melancholy and emotionally filled soundscape combining it with blast beat drums, but also with some more calmer and mid tempo atmospheric parts, though thrash influenced drumming rears its head too. Vocals are screaming, but you can understand most of what is being sung, with lyrics in English language. This opus can easily concur for one of the best melodic black metal releases of the year. My personal favorites: ‘The Plague’, ‘The Vengeance’.

10/10

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(review) ROBBERY – ‘Demo’

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ROBBERY are hailing from Montpelier, Vermont and this is their four song demo delivering some mighty punk rock. Let’s explain song by song:

‘Animal’ – old school mid tempo punk rock song with enough rawness and melody to be appealing to fans of more melodic side of things, but also raw punk rock fans. Good vocals, following guitar melody and more talking and shouting than really singing, reminded me of Biafra at times on this song.

‘New Routine’ – is a song about routines we all have in life, but with touch of humor and self irony, mid tempo punk rock with a slight pop punk touch yet still raw guitars and thundering bass and drums deliver pure punk energy,

‘Dancin’ With A G.I.’ – I hear a lot of Ramones and pop punk influences in this one, I guess that might be because of that melancholic and great main guitar melody. Great one.

‘Back To Basics’ – song about not wanting to go to war, about today’s state of the world and being somehow hardest and harshest song on the record but still melodic. My favorite.

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(review) Stoned Jesus – ‘Father Light’ (Season of Mist)

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Ukrainian Stoned Jesus played in my hometown in club Prostor about eight or nine years ago, I can’t remember exactly which year. Now, they released new six song material, first for Season of Mist. This band is specific mixing melody, lots of melody with doom metal sensibility and some stoner and even psychedelic song parts. Now, I must admit that I am not an avid fan of such music, but this band does it perfectly with mixing that old school Sabbath melodic vibe and haunting atmosphere with more modern aspects of doom. Vocalist/guitarist Igor Sydorenko’s voice reminds me a lot of Ozzy Osbourne in couple of song parts with color of voice and way of singing. My personal favorites are doomy ‘Season Of The Witch’, but also the title song and ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ with that catchy chorus with great harmonies on backing vocals with main vocal melodic lines. But, all of the songs are just superb to listen to and this album has no fillers and does not get boring for one second. Go check this one out!

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