Title: There's No Beginning
Artiste: Cynara
Year 2015
Nationality: Argentinian
Genre: Metalcore/Alt-Metal/Hardcore
Rank: Noob
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Expectations:Dunno. It's one of these Bandcamp-ony releases, so could be great, could be terrible. I imagine one thing it will be is loud and abrasive. How did I ever end up buying this?
1. Pain through the words: Heavy, almost doom metal opening, then it kicks up with speed, I'd say a kind of more alt-metal or even punk vocal, with a growly one behind it. Some nice vocal harmonies. Not quite sure what makes metalcore what it is, but the bits I've heard don't sound like this. This is quite tame in comparison to them. I hear more progressive metal really overall. Not bad.
2. Lapiketi: Definitely a more biting guitar in this; the growler gets to contribute more than he did on the previous track. Not that much more enamoured of this than I was of that though. It's okay.
3. Benighted: Sort of sounding too generic now. Nothing's really standing out. That's a nice riff there all right, but again it's a case of having too dig too deep to get at the good stuff, if there is any. Decent solo, but that's not going to save this album if it doesn't get a bit more interesting.
4. Hollow crow: There's a decent melody going through this one at least, but I'm finding it harder and harder to care. It edges Orange, just about.
5. Church of addictions: It's sad, cos I sense these guys are really trying, but it just is not engaging me. Some very good guitar work here and it's powerful and enthusiastic, but sort of, so what?
6. Why save this for tomorrow: All right, I can kind of get into this one. It has a good beat and I found myself tapping my fingers, so maybe that's worth a Green? No, I don't think so, unfortunately.
7. Obscure breath: Some nice unexpectedly relaxed guitar in this. Not bad. But again no Green. Sorry. I'm just not feeling it. New acronym: IJNFI. I'll give it an Orange, but that's as far as I'll go.
8. All the things he said: All right, at the end they managed it. This is a surprisingly gentle acoustic ballad, and it's great.
Final result: Nevertheless, it's one track out of eight and in general, though this closer shows Cynara are capable of quite powerful and moving music, the rest of the album is just pretty basic and generic. It might be worth revisiting, but for now I don't get the greatest impression from it at all.
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