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Fragments of Unbecoming
Skywards/A Slyphe's Ascension
This sounds like At The Gates style Swedish death metal. Are they from Sweden? I don't know. I can't find their bio right now.
The vocals are really kind of typical so far, I don't think they will be a selling point.
The guitars however are pretty cool, and since this is produced fairly well it could save this disc.
Well, their website says they play "Swedish styled death metal" but it doesn't say whether they are actually from Sweden. I'm guessing probably not. If they were, they probably wouldn't call it Swedish styled, it would just be death metal from Sweden eh? No matter. It sounds like it is from Sweden regardless of whether it actually originated there.
The thing with this style death metal is that I'm much more forgiving of mediocre vocals because the music is so cool. That is the case here. The vocals are pretty average, but they at least fit the style and since the music is pretty rockin' I'm into this.
TRACKLIST:
Up From the Blackest of Soil The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway Shapes of the Pursuers Skyards - A Sylphe's Ascension Mesmerized Entangled Whispers in the Depth Scattered to the Four Winds On a Scar's Edge to Infinity Lour Pulse Fear My Hatred Insane Chaosphere Life's Last Embers
