Symbolyc - Engraved Flesh - review
Symbolyc - Engraved Flesh - review
Tracklist
01. Dead Inside02. Within The Realms Of Human Awareness
03. Wingless
04. Suffering
05. Denied
06. Livin' In A Cold Lie
07. Oncoming Apocalypse
08. Engraved Flesh
09. The Parasite's Curse
A review by
Bas December 14, 2009
Death metal has never been known for its huge amount of innovative bands and Symbolyc are no exception to rule. Although they're one of the best new bands in this style that I've heard since a while, this is nothing that hasn't been done before.
Instead the band just focuses on doing a good job with trusted ingredients. The twin guitars deliver solid and diverse performances with the drumming providing a steady backbone, with a couple of fast outbursts. On top of it singer Diego Laino mercilessly growls his lungs out. The many solos act as short but powerful diversions until the carnage continues in its full glory.
With a very good production and no fillers, Engraved Flesh offers thirty-three minutes of powerful death metal, that mixes some of the more melodic and more extreme sides of the genre. They don't offer anything new to the style, but they definitely know how to get the job done and leave me begging for more.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Bas | December 14, 2009
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Yeah, sounds nice, I'll have to give it a try. BTW according to m-a this is a My Kingdom re-issue of an 08 self-release, which would make it ineligible for the awards
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Judging from the myspace stuff, this seems a fair review. The music doesn't seem to be particularly different or exceptional, but for what it is, it's OK. You say this band started out as a thrash band, and I could understand that, as I think there are still some elements of thrash to their approach.
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