Sunday, January 13, 2013

Earthen Grave/Self Titled/Claude & Elmo Music/2012 CD Review


  Earthen  Grave  are  a  band  from  Chicago,  Illinois  that  plays  a  very  traditional  form  of  doom  metal and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2012  album  which  was  released  by  Claude  &  Elmo  Music.

  Drums  are  all  slow  playing  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  violins  bring  a  very  dark  sound  to  the  recording,  as  for  the  bass  playing it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  traditional  doom  metal  riffs  with  a  good  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into t he  riffing  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  soft  and  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding  doom  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  to  enhance  the  darkness  that  is  coming  out  of  the  music.

  Vocals  are  all  clean  singing  traditional  doom  metal  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it h as  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  heavy,  old  school  and  professional  sound  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Earthen  Grave  are  a  very  great  sounding  traditional  doom  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Earthen  Grave"  "Burning  A  Sinner"  "Fall  In"  and  "Death  On  The  High  Seas".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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