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Elkapath – Synthetic Ecstasy
(Watch video here)
3rd official music video of Elkapath Taken from the Album Black Spiders out now 2021
pre-order the album on CD here https://elkapath.bandcamp.com/
video by Dark North Media
A haunted dark fairy tale begins!!!!!
ELKAPATH, a new Synthetic Gothic Metal band hailing from Gloucester, United Kingdom. Influenced by the likes of The Prodigy, The Birthday Massacre, Nine Inch Nails and Korn.
Recently recorded a 10-track album called “Black Spiders” under Symmetric Records and a Music video to accompany the title track with Loki Films.
The album produced & mixed by Bob Katsionis (ex-Firewind, Outloud) and released on 31st of October 2021.
Elkapath are: Carla Elkapath, Trevor England, Marios Karaisaridis, Chris Jones
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM “BLACK SPIDERS” HERE
The third story of this fairy tale is the single “Synthetic Ecstasy”
“SYNTHETIC ECSTASY” ON BANDCAMP HERE
https://elkapath.bandcamp.com/
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Today’s review is of Canadian Death Metal band Shadu-Nar-Mattaru’s new album.
This release delivers aggressive Death Metal which sort of brings to mind the Swedish scene, though this influence does not serve as an imitation. Their style is somewhat more personal, leaving some air to breath to fool the listener into believing their songs won’t crush them as any good Extreme Metal. Some songs bring the violent aspect to its limit and even approach Death Grind, while others take a seemingly lighter direction that is in fact just a statement of their dark and ever-looming ominous presence. Other comparisons may also be drawn, with certain tracks adding some extra rock and roll-ness reminding of Celtic Frost or Blizzard.
While the full-length is straightforward and enjoyable, some songs seem unoriginal compared to others and have a recycled semblance that makes the whole seem too long. Perhaps restricting the tracklist to the best songs would have made the overall feeling become better. Nonetheless, no track is truly boring and any fan of true and classic Extreme Metal may enjoy the release. My personal highlights are “Hounds Of Hell” and “A.D. (After Devastation)”.
I recommend this album to fans of Death Metal and early Extreme Metal. My rating is of 8/10.
VARG THE MIGHTY