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Artist : Rongeur
Album : The Catastrophist & As the Blind Strive demos
Genre : Rock
Year : 2015
Label : Disiplin Media
Cat# : DISIPLIN07CD
Source : CDDA
Bitrate : avg. 263kbps
Size : 60,14 MB
Runtime : 31:50
URL : https://www.facebook.com/Rongeurband
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01. Lying Bastard Whore 04:56
02. Traitors 04:45
03. Jon Hogg 05:26
04. Why Would You 03:55
05. It's A Given 04:01
06. Le Rocher Aux Singes 02:57
07. In Inceptum Finis Est 05:50
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This power trio is very different from the greater part of
Stoner Metal bands that we know, due some musical influences
that enriches their songs. Some broken tempos, the use of
vocals differently, with some shrieked voices and even grunts
sometimes. And even keeping their melodic insight, these
elements fit perfectly in their work. But the riffs are
powerful as well, keeping the aggressiveness and the melodies
at the same time, being solid and filling the songs. And the
rhythmic session has a very powerful and heavy notion of how
bass and drums must play, but with a very good level of
technique as well.
The sound quality is the usual for the greater part of Stoner
Metal/Rock bands: nasty and raw, but with clearness enough for
us to understand what each musical instrument is playing.
Having songs that have duration reaching the mean value of
four minutes, they know what they're doing and what they want
to get from their work. Songs like the harsh and technical
"Traitors" (full of tender melodies on guitars, but the
contrasts between harsh and more clean voices is very good),
the bulldozer of weight called "Why Would You?" (a more
straight song, with bear vocals once more, and a more
aggressive insight on the guitar riffs), and the abrasive "Le
Rocher Aux Singes" can be named as their
finest moments on the album.
On the latest information about this album, it seems to be a
compilation of their two demo CDs, so it would be a good
explanation for the rough quality, but does not turn their
work less interesting.
A fine work, indeed.
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