Title: Theatrical delirium
Artiste: Beyond Creation
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Taken from: Earthborn Evolution
Familiarity: Zero
Suggested by: mythsofmetal
Expectations: Technical Death Metal? I don't feel this will be as big a hit with me as the previous one, but you never know. Name of the band sounds like they should be more a progressive metal one, not to mention the title of the song. Anyway, on we go.
Good opening I must say. Sounds like a dark synth but may be guitar feedback. Speaking of guitars, they're kicking in now, hard and insistent, good rolling percussion too. Tempo seems a little slower than I would have initially expected. Vocal is dark and growly, so kind of points off for that, but at least these days I can give such vocals a chance instead of just dismissing them out of hand as I used to. Is that a bass solo? Pretty cool. Sounds like one of those fretless bass thingies, to be honest. Well, two minutes in and I'm not reaching for the earplugs or the Feminax, so that's good. Ringing, almost progressive guitar now as the percussion drops almost totally away. Very nice indeed. Punching back in now, but yeah, so far I quite like this. Also helps that for the last two minutes or so there have been no vocals.
I was kind of wondering at the French-sounding names, but I see they're Canadian, so that explains it. Really great instrumental section, still going as we head into minute five, very impressive. Holy crap! Jazzy little guitar in the final minute, almost no drums at all, then it takes off in a very jazz direction for the closing. These guys can certainly play!
Conclusion: Tons better than I had hoped, or feared, and the fact that the vocals were only in it for a very short time certainly helped. The jazz ending was interesting, but you know me, that kind of turns me off a little. Still, damn good track.
So, Love or Hate? I wouldn't be as eager to investigate the rest of their work as I am to hear more from Dark Forest, but certainly deserving of a lot of
Love.
Possibility of looking into the album: 80%