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Staff review by
Raiden
Rating:
7.5
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Style: Melodic Death Metal
Country: Australia
Label: Self-released
Length: 50:17
Recorded: 2008
Line-up:
Michael Soininen - guitar, vocals
Stephen Murphy - guitar
Jaron Soininen - drums
Adam Soininen - vocals
Rachael Madden - keyboard
Liam Brophy - bass
When I received Universum's début album in the mail I was first of all impressed by its presentation. It came in a folder with info sheets slipped into one side and the CD displayed in the other. You'd have to have seen it but it looked quite professional and showed seriousness and maturity towards the art that is making metal music. When listening to the music itself as well, before trying to determine the quality of the songwriting, the production seems quite good and so no doubt a lot effort was put into the recording/mixing of this album. As it happens "Leto Destinatus" was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden so it's not a small time homebrew release we have here. But there's no use having all these features in an album if the music isn't written and played well so let's stop getting so far ahead of ourselves and analyse these components shall we?
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| published 25.08.2008 | Comments (7)
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