Monday, March 11, 2013

Corsair/Ghosts Of Proxima Centauri/Shadow Kingdom Records/2013 CD Review


  Corsair  are  a  band  from  Virginia  that  plays  a  mixture  of  doom,  heavy  metal  and  progressive  rock  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Ghosts  Of  Proxima  Centauri"  which  was  released  by  Shadow  Kingdom 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  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for  the  sound  effects  and  keyboards  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  bring  in  more  prog  elements  to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffing  that  combine  doom,  traditional  metal  and  classic  rock  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  some  melodies  and  clean  playing  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding  heavy  metal/hard  rock  guitar  solos  and  leads  with  some  progressive  elements  being  used  at  times,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  they  are  only used  briefly  on  the  last  song  and  they  use  finger  picking  to  add  more  prog  and  classic  rock  elements  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  all  clean  singing  heavy  metal  vocals  with  a  brief  use  of  female  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  mythology  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  old  school  classic rock/metal  sound  to  it  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  a  couple  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Corsair  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  doom,  heavy  metal  and  progressive  rock  and  if  you  are  a f an  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Warrior  Woman"  and  "Eyes  Of  The  Gods".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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