Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Heathendom/The Symbolist/Metal On Metal Records/2011 CD Review


  This  is  another  review  of  an  album  from  Heathendom  with  the  music  on  this  recording  combining  traditional  doom  with  power  metal and  technical  thrash  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2011  album  "The  Symbolist"  which  was  released  by  Metal  On  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming  with  no  fast  playing or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  keyboards  which  are  only  utilized  briefly  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to  the  music  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  violins,  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  riffs  that  combine  traditional  doom,  power  metal  and  technical  thrash  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  as  well  as  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  melodic  sounding  doom/power  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  which  are  only  utilized  briefly  they  use  finger  picking  to  enhance  the  darkness  that  is  coming  out  of  the  music.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  power  metal  vocals  with  some  more  aggressive  sounding  parts  being  utilized  at  times,  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 t his  recording.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Heathendom  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  music  that  combines  traditional  doom,  power  metal  and  technical  thrash  together,  you  should  check out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Symbolist"  "Black  Euphoria"  "Die  Insane"  and  "An  Angel,  A  Demon  And  A  Dying  God".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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