Clandestine Cuts #12 Featuring music from Waldwind, Darknote, Tunguska Mammoth, For Dying Souls, and more!
| Written by: | Susan, wormdrink414, BloodTears, corrupt, Doc G. |
| Published: | September 18, 2011 |
Clandestine Cuts #11
Demo/EP Spotlight
Here at Metal Storm Towers we have sifted through a tasty selection of demos and EPs from the newest bands on the scene; here is a sampling we couldn't wait to share with you. If you find new music as exciting as we do, click on each band's link to hear some free sounds of the future.
Voting Closed on January 10, 2012
In case you're new at this, you still got time to go back and give our previous issues a listen:
Clandestine Cuts #5
Clandestine Cuts #6
Clandestine Cuts #7
Clandestine Cuts #8
Clandestine Cuts #9
Clandestine Cuts #10
Clandestine Cuts #11
Think your band has what it takes to be featured in the Cuts? Contact lyrinan@metalstorm.net and find out.
| Waldwind - Blättertanz Download the full demo here [url=www.waldwind.com]www.waldwind.com[/url] [url=www.myspace.com/waldwind]www.myspace.com/waldwind[/url] Devoted to the beauty of nature, Waldwind deliver a demo of raw folk black metal that almost sounds ambient at times. And they use an interesting set of instruments to say the least. Most notably the trombone is an essential part of a great deal of these compositions, all the while there is just one guitar. This EP thrives on the alternation of raw black metal tunes (with acoustic elements) and melancholic interludes, fuelled by a mediocre production that gives the tracks - and especially the shrieks - enough edge not to sound like the symphonic band next door but truly unique and full of new elements. Too full, one could argue, as the tracks appear a little chaotic at times. But don't let that ruin your experiece. Turn off the lights, put on a candle and lose yourselves in these 26 minues of mysticism. by corrupt |  |
 | For Dying Souls - If This Is Forever... Download the full EP here So you like metalcore? Great! You'll love For Dying Souls. Oh... you don't like metalcore? Perhaps this Parisian quintet can show you the dark side. It's not necessarily my genre of choice but I have been thoroughly rocking out to this awesome EP. Here's a professional sounding band, polished and ready to go. The songwriting grooves and alternates with melody and aggression in all the right places. It's accessible, yes, let's be honest, but For Dying Souls are one of those solid bands who shows us that commercial potential and accessibility does not have to mean bad music. by Susan |
| Orphan Hammer - Orphan Hammer http://www.myspace.com/orphanhammer Can't win 'em all I suppose. From one of the members of thinky-thrash metal band Sacred Ally comes Orphan Hammer. Now, as much as I hate to draw direct comparisons between the bands, I have to: this sounds like a bunch of reject back-tracks from Sacred Ally's Reality Hammer. True, it's not all bad, it's just aimless and forgettable. Proggish, instrumental riffing basically sums this up. There's some rough ideas here that could sound pretty wicked with a little work. Taken at face value, however, this is a boring EP. by Doc Godin |  |
 | Tunguska Mammoth - First Chapters http://www.myspace.com/TunguskaMammoth Out of the Canadian landscape comes Tunguska Mammoth, which judging by its name should be an explosion of some sort. If you think about an explosion, First Chapters would be like the exact moment before all is blown to smithereens. It is a good way to describe the sound of their music because it often withholds the aggression until the very last minute of detonation. They present us a robust stoner/sludge bang of riffs and suitable flashes of hardcore, especially in the moods expressed in the vocals, with no special tricks up their sleeves or forced shenanigans. Is it pure and simple in terms of its process and while some parts deliver echoes of something we might have heard before, this is, for the most part, a set of solid songs. The catchy and groovy melodies will make an impact but it might be lacking the desired lasting effect on the listener. by BloodTears |
| Descend Into Despair - Vanity Devotion http://www.myspace.com/descendintodespair Get your hazmat suits ready, the pretention detectors are crackling. Descend Into Despair? That's the band's name. And, yep, that's a rose on the cover. And holy fucks, one of the songs is called "Drowning In My Own Ethereal Realm". This could be catastrophic. I'm getting nauseous. Someone get the EIC on the phone! But? There's no but, really. This is a mediocre EP. If you're desperate for some minor, annoying attacks on your serotonin from some overly-synthy funeral doom, pop a few Radaways, drink a Nuka Cola and proceed with caution. You're a masochist. Otherwise, hang back with me in Megaton and avoid all this nonsense. by wormdrink414 |  |
 | Darknote - Walk Into Your Nightmare Listen to the entire EP here Melodic death/thrash from Iceland. Why are we so fascinated by great music coming from small, seemingly isolated countries? The "fascination" factor is not necessary here; this music stands strongly on its own. Darknote couldn't have chosen a better band name, as these songs highlight what is wonderful about "dark" atmospheres. With that darkness, some songs have a very slight gothic vibe, while most others you can firmly feel the thrash and melodeath. Highly melodic, yet enveloped by skillfully harsh vocals and drumming, this band really shows their range. Let the excellent riffing blow your mind and expect to hear more Darknote in your future. by Susan |
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| Aluminum Alloy Posts: 47  |
Wormdrink, I'd love to hang with you, but Mister Burke's offer was just too good....
---- Here at the edge of this world Here I gaze at a pantheon of oak, a citadel of stone If this grand panorama before me is what you call God... Then God is not dead
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Darknote sounds pretty interesting. I'm gonna explore.
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| Susan Smeghead Elite Posts: 6941  |
Darknote IS very interesting  But your Tunguska Mammoth is groovalicious. I'm having trouble deciding between 3 or 4 of these!
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Tunguska Mammoth was just thick, groovy and pretty ballcrushing. They got my vote. Also, wormdrink, that was awesome.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62017  |
Cold not choose between Descend Into Despair and Waldvind, ok Tunguska was good to but not perfect, so I in end choose and vote for .... 1th :p other bands was crap IMO, nothing to my taste
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Ag Fox Angel No More Elite Posts: 4774  |
Whoops, I was gonna write something up for For Dying Souls, but good job, Lyrinan! I like them too
---- loves 小巫
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Ag Fox on 19.09.2011 at 15:23 I was actually the one who was going to write about them but I was quite busy (read: lazy as fuck and couldn't come up with something clever) so Lyrinan asked me if she could write about their EP and I said yes. She did a good job, sums it up better than I could've done. It sounds commercial but it's definitely good. The first 2 tracks are the ones I remember the most and I still play them every now and then. I will vote asap.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537  |
And where did all the Fallout references come from?
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| Susan Smeghead Elite Posts: 6941 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 19.09.2011 at 16:22 Ah, so we almost had a fight over this band, sweet  Even after I finished the write-up I've still been listening to them. It made me re-examine my feelings towards metalcore and think there might be other decent bands out there worth exploring. With the right label, I could totally see FDS having some real success. Hopefully it'll happen for them.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by Susan on 19.09.2011 at 16:41 I highly enjoy The Agonist, their second album is the only album I've listened but it's some high quality metalcore.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Slayer666 Posts: 2466  |
Walwind have a fairly interesting idea, but the execution needs quite some work. Sound promising for a Demo, though. Hopefully they'll perfect the sound and present it as a killer debut.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3537 |
Written by Slayer666 on 19.09.2011 at 18:20 They have a debut that comes with a way better production. Edit: also, we're on the same post count right now 
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| Timmeh Dudeman Posts: 344  |
Fookyer Tunguska Mammoth are hammerin somthing serious, reminds me alot of Mastodon.
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| Chainer Witch Hunter Gen Posts: 172  |
Written by Timmeh on 21.09.2011 at 00:28 Agreed, they have a really chunky groovy feel to them. However, as cool as that sounds, its not really up my alley. Waldwind gets my vote. Should also give a horns up to the staff for yet another great edition of CC.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Darknote takes my vote here, very nice melodies.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Aebsi Posts: 71  |
Darknote for me, most of the others didn't interest me that much, Tunguska Mammoth seem pretty good also.
---- Just be Yourself
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Waldwind is the only band that caught my attention so my voice goes for them.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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