Thursday, March 14, 2013

Mother Susurrus/Maahaavaa/Ektro Records/2013 CD Review


 
Mother  Susurrus  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  mixture  of  psychedelic,  sludge  and  doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Maahaavaa"  which  was  released  by  Ektro  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being present  on  this  recording  while  there  are  some  tribal  elements  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  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  sludge,  doom  metal  and  psychedelic  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  while  also  mixing  distorted  elements  in  the  riffing  which  brings  a  70's  feeling  to  to  recording  as  well  as  some  soft  and  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  psychedelic  and  distorted  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when t hey  are  utilized  they  use  full  chords  to  add  some  avant  garde  elements  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  clean  singing  stoner  rock/doom  metal  vocals  with  some  sludge  style  screams t hat  are  utilized  on  a  cople  of  songs  as  well  as  a  brief  spoken  word  part,  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  Finnish  and  cover  philosophical  and  psychology  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Mother  Susurrus  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  psychedelic,  doom  metal  and sludge  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Superposition"  and  "Uniema".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

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