Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Surgeon/Chemical Reign/2013 CD Review


 Surgeon  are  a  band  from  Philadelphia  that  plays  a  mixture  of  doom,  and  progressive  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  album  "Chemical  Reign".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to mid  paced  playing  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  synths  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  bring  a  very  dark,  atmospheric,  and  progressive  sound  to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from s low  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  doom,  and  progressive  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  along  with  a  great  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  doom/heavy  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  they  are  only  used  briefly  on  one  song  and  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  darkness  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly clean  singing  power/doom  metal  vocals,  with  some  deep   growls  and  aggressive  sounding  shouting  being  utilized  briefly,  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  and  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Surgeon  are  a  very  great  sounding  sounding  hybrid  of  doom  and  progressive  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Cripple"  "Greed"  "Animals"  and  "Tomorrow".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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