Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Mortalicum/Progress Of Doom/Metal On Metal Records/2010 CD Review


  Mortalicum  are  a  band  from  Sweden t hat h as  had  their  recent  album  reviewed  in  this  zine  with  the  musical  style  on  this  recording  being  a  mixture  of traditional  doom  and  classic  metal  and  this  is a  review  of  their  2010  album  "Progress  of  Doom"  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  bass  playing has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars a re  all  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  traditional  doom  with  classic  metal  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  soft  and  clean  playing  being  utilized  on  the  last  song,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  classic  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  clean  singing  traditional  metal  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  old  school  sound  to  it  with  the  music  sounding  like  it  could  of  easily  came  out  in  the  mid  70's  or  early  80's  as  well  as  some  of  the songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  album  from  Mortilicum  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  traditional  doom  or  classic  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Into  The  Night"  "A  Darker  Power"  "Darkness  All  Around"  and  "Damnation  Of  The  Soul".  RECOMMENDED  BUY. 

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