Melodic death metal until recently, has almost been a hard sell to either the extreme/death metal crowds or the power metal audience, where the extreme crowds usually shy away from most of the technical musicianship, often citing clean vocals as being "too soft," while the fans of power/melodic metal are usually turned off by the growls.
But in the past years, bands such as Into Eternity, Single Bullet Theory, and even black metal groups such as Dimmu Borgir, have blended these two genres have been melded together these two audiences together, really helping to bring metal in general back to the forefront.
Take for instance the sextet known as Pain Confessor, a group that rose out of the ashes of Jane Doe and A.R.G. that comes along and puts first things first, the songs, which is the most important thing when it comes to the catchiness of riff structuring and strong choruses, for which this group does not lack.
Laden with blistering guitar work and an extreme rhythmic structure, tracks such as the complete merciless rush of "
Fiery Thorns," the progressive death of "
Poor Man's Crown," the gloomy sadness of "
Soul Eraser," as well as what sounds like a lost
Strapping Young Lad track with "
Just Names Remain," the records title explains the mood found throughout the record.
With Turmoil brought forth with dueling leads, rough textures, and keyboard pad atmospheres all placed within the dark vibe, the record is a great take on melodic death metal, they stand out in their own right, they don't go too much into symphonic territories and they keep their music to the point, where they don't let any theatrics get too much into the way of the tight musicianship and technical skills involved when it comes to creating such rigorously minded material known as "thinking man's death metal."
Written by
Hashman Monday, February 21, 2005
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