Six Degrees Of Separation - Chain-Driven Sunset - review
Six Degrees Of Separation - Chain-Driven Sunset - review
Tracklist
01. Visionary02. Diary
03. Ikaros
04. For Our Scorched Muse
05. Freezing Misery
06. Tekno-Prophet
07. The Tiger
08. Neolazarus
09. God Strikes Twice
10. Abscission
11. Lucius
12. Chain-Driven Sunset
13. Occam's Razor
A review by
Jeff January 14, 2008
"Chain-Driven Sunset" is a cool original album, really Six Degrees Of Separation is a surprising band. Their music is a nice mix of Neo Thrash (with strong riffs a la Gojira) with melodic Death Metal melodies and yes, sometime, some kind of mid-tempo songs which can remind you Doom Metal (but really fast Doom then)? It's dark in general but catchy with good riffs and strong catchy rhythms, "Chain-Driven Sunset" is a nice album of Dark Thrash with some great melodies and some songs like "Tekno-Prophet" or "Visionary" are real hits. Six Degrees Of Separation is a good band which plays a really original Metal and even if "Chain-Driven Sunset" is not a perfect album and maybe goes too many times in a dozen of directions (yes it can be weird to listen to a real Thrash song and something a bit more Heavy or even Doom on the next track) it's a correct and pleasant album.
I can tell you that the guys of Six Degrees Of Separation are good musicians and I really like the voice of Doctor who is probably not a great singer but who is able to give a lot of emotions when he sings/tells his lyrics. On the other hand the mixing of the album is a bit average and I find the music and the instruments a bit too loud sometime. It's not horrible though but that's a bit sad that Six Degrees Of Separation didn't find a way to have a perfect sound because they play a complex music which deserves it to be perfectly enjoyed.
Yes, even if it's a bit different of course, the new Six Degrees Of Separation will remind you the music of Gojira and that's not a bad thing don't you think? Maybe that the release is not perfect and too bad that the production is a bit average but still, Six Degrees Of Separation is a good and honest band and at least they know how to do original music. We're not in front of the album of the year but "Chain-Driven Sunset" so if you like dark Thrash Metal, have a look on this release and maybe that you'll find a new band which was created fo
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Jeff | January 14, 2008
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I liked that album. I t was the first I heard from this band. I'd say it's like Post-Doom with Thrash elements. Nice change.
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A pretty decent album, but my God the pronunciation by the vocalist is horrendous it makes that Scorpions' Klaus Meine almost seem like brilliant English. I disagree with you calling them non-doom. IMO they are doom, but more like the up-tempo doom as played by bands such as Solstice which almost veers off into Manowar and thrash territory at times.
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Its good album, good band Im happy that thay are in MS Show respect to one of best metal country Cz
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Its very good album. Agree not pure doom, but clearly influenced by traditional doom. Excellent vocal.
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