Today’s
review is of Romanian Post Metal band Kultika’s upcoming album, out this
January.
This
release is very diverse, and it is centred in a kind of atmosphere that is rare
to find in music. They have only been able to achieve this with a very wide set
of influences, since you can appreciate hints of Death Metal, Atmospheric Black
Metal, Jazz, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock and even Gothic Rock.
It
is hard to choose a song that is better than the rest, for each has their own
feeling and yet they bear a lot of similarities. Personally, I would’ve
preferred the album to be presented as a single song, because even with the
track lengths that oscillate between 6 and 10 minutes the music sounds as if it
were cut short. The best way to describe this album would be considering it a
mix of Ulcerate, Oranssi Pazuzu and Tool. This full-length is definitely
complex and worthy of attention, it displays an interesting direction for music
in this new decade that may be enjoyable to fans of soft and extreme
sub-genres.
I
recommend this album to fans of Progressive Metal and Post Metal. My rating is
of 9/10.
Review by Varg The Mighty
