Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Absent/Minded/Earthtone/2013 CD Review


  Absent/Minded  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  a  mixture  of  doom,  sludge  and  post  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  album  "Earthtone".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  heavy  riffs  that  combine  doom,  sludge  and  post  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  some  melody  and  clean  playing  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  post  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  use  finger  picking  to  enhance  the  dark  atmosphere  of  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  doom/death  metal  growls  along  with  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  as  well  as  a  small  amount  of  melodic  singing  being  utilized  for  a  few  seconds  on  one  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  album  where  you  can  hear all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Absent/Minded  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  doom,  sludge,  and  post  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ghosttower"  "The  Lesser  Evil"  and  "Earthtone".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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