Sunday, September 18, 2011

Serpentcult/Raised By Wolves/Listenable Records/2011 CD Review

  Serpentcult  are  a  band  from  Belgium  that  plays  a  mixture  of  sludge  and  doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2011  album  "Raised  By  Wolves"  which  was  released  by  Listenable  Records.

  Drums  are  all  slow  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  the  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  sludge/doom  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  at  times  with some  Neurosis  style riffing  being  thrown  in  at  times  that  gives  the  music  an  ambient  feel and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  vocals  with  some  high  pitched  sludge  screams  being  thrown  in  at  times  and  the  vocals  are  not  used  alot  on  the  recording  since  the  music  is  mostly instrumental,  while  the  lyrics  cover  datrk  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  powerful and  heavy  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Serpentcult  are  a  very  good  sludge/doom  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check out  this  band.  RECEMMONDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Raised  By  Wolves"  and  "Growth  Of  The  Soul".  RECEMMONDED  BUY.

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