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Bast - Spectres review




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Band: Bast
Album: Spectres
Release date: February 2014


01. In The Beginning
02. Denizens
03. Spectres
04. Psychonauts
05. Outside The Circles Of Time

Alright, viewers. Today we are going to cook something a little different. You remember the Pate de canard en croute? Well this is going to be even more complicated than that. Get your ingredients ready, because dishing out a proper Bast Spectres takes a lot of them.

Serves: Hundreds of hungry metal fans across subgenres

Ingredients:
3 cups doom metal
2 cups post metal
1 quart black metal
1 ½ cups sludge metal
3 Tbsp Tool
1 tsp Fugazi
½ cup Mastodon

Directions:
First, we're going to need to lay down a pretty solid foundation of doom metal, but we are going to make the dough by pouring the black metal evenly and kneading vigorously until well blended. There may be some dark patches left in the dough, which is fine. Those flavors should come through stronger at some times than others.

Next, combine the doom and post metal in a separate bowl and sprinkle in the Tool sparingly. We wouldn't want our dish to have that processed, alternative metal taste now, would we? We just want to add a little progressive kick and complexity to the drums: it's a good thing. Put this into your food processor until finely shredded. Make a pocket with your dough and stuff it with this mixture. Seal the pocket and apply oil as needed, bake at 425 degrees for about 40 minutes or until the pace, riffs, and textures are lightly browned.

After allowing to cool, top the concoction with our tasty Mastodon butter and garnish with a subtle coating of Fugazi. This will add just the faintest richness and spice to offset the black metal bitterness. You are now ready to serve. Bon appetite!


Rating breakdown
Performance: 9
Songwriting: 10
Originality: 8
Production: 9

Written by flightoficarus | 14.02.2015




Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.

Staff review by
Auntie Sahar
Rating:
8.5
Blackened doom has always been my favorite fusion of any two metal subgenres. Why, you ask? It's quite simple really: combine the two subgenres that are typically the most gloomy and melancholic in the entire metal spectrum, and you're in for one hell of a result. This year, the Englishmen of Bast are hitting the scene full force with Spectres, and they're ready to show us how it's done.

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published 26.03.2014 | Comments (35)



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