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Sweden is the home of the death/black metal
band Serpent.
They aren’t a regular death/black band, they also use elements
of classical and thrash. The riffing style is very catchy and gets
you into the band’s music. Some of the songs have some really
cool solos too. Serpent has talent and potential, but “The Art
of War” could have used some studio help. The sound does have
an old school recording sound, which might account for the quality,
but I think I would like to here this cleaned up a little. The songs
are good at times and sloppy at others. Drum machines with black or
death metal makes the music sound empty, this would be much better
with a real drummer. The title track “Art of War” and
“Panzar” are the tracks that got my head nodding the most,
the other tracks are ok, but not really worth mentioning. If Serpent
can get a record deal with a good metal label, they could start bashing
some heads. Rating: 69 |
