Monday, October 8, 2012

Monsterworks/Man :: Intrinsic/Mortal Music/2012 Digital Release Review


  Monsterworks  are  a  band  from  New  Zealand  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  a  musical style  that  combines  death,  thrash  and  power  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  digital  release  Man  :  Intrinsic"  which  was  released  by  Mortal  Music.

  Drums range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  not  much  in  the  way  of  blast  beats,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  death,  thrash,  power  metal  and  stoner  rock  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  along  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads  that  have  a  70's  rock  feeling  to  them,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  variety  to  the  music.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  thrash  screams  and  clean  singing  that  combine  power  metal  and  stoner  rock  together  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  philosophical  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Monsterworks  and  if  you  are  a f an  of t his  band,  you  should c heck  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Taste  of  Doom".  RECOMMENDED  BUY. 

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