Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Heathendom//Nescience/Metal On Metal Records/2010 CD Review


  This  is  another  review  of  an  album  from  Heathendom  which  combines  traditional  doom  and  power  metal  on  this  recording  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2010  album  "Nescience"  which  was  released  by  Metal  On  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording a s  well  as  a  brief  use  of  tribal  sounding percussion,  while  the  keyboards  which  are  only  used  on the  intro  as  well  as  a  couple  of  other  songs  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to t he  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffing  that  combines  traditional  doom  with  power  metal  as  well  as  having  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  soft  and  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  doom/power  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for t he  classical  guitars  which  are  only  used  briefly  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  enhance  the  darkness  that  is  coming out  of  the  music.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  power  metal  vocals  with  some  more  aggressive  parts  being  utilized  at  times  that  bring  a  death  metal  edge  to  the  recording  as  well  as  a  brief  spoken  word  part  and  female  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  anti religion  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and professional sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  the  last  song  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

   In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Heathendom  and  if  you are  a  fan  of  power/doom  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS INCLUDE  "Nescience"  "The  Doll  House"  "I  Bleed"  and  "A  Sick  Man's  Dreams - Blissful Hell".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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