Friday, April 12, 2013

Plagues/Darkness Reigns/2013 EP Review


  Plagues  are  a  band  from  Massachusetts  that  plays  a  very  raw  and  primitive  form  of  misanthropic  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  ep  "Darkness  Reigns".

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording , as  for  the  sound  effects  they  are  only  used  on  the  first  and  last  song  and  they  bring  a  very  dark,  evil  and  avant  garde  sound  to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  old  school  black  metal  riffs  that  are  very  raw and  primitive  sounding  with  some d ark  sounding  melodies  being  utilized  at  times  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  all  high  pitched  misanthropic  black  metal  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  heavy,  old  school,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  in  the  true  black  metal  tradition.

  In  my  opinion  Plagues  are  a  very  great  sounding  raw  and  primitive  misanthropic  black  metal band and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Deep  Red"  and  "Viking  Funeral".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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