Cowards are a band from France which consists of many members from both the French black metal and crust scenes that mixes raw and primitive sounding black metal with hardcore and sludge/doom metal and this is a review of their 2012 album "shoot Blanks And Pills" which was released as a joint effort between Throatruiner Records and Hellbound Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the bass playing has a very strong, powerful and heavy sound with riffs that dominate throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine elements of raw black metal, sludge, doom and hardcore together to create a sound of their own along with a brief use of clean playing along with a mixture of short and long songs in addition there are some dark sounding melodies being thrown into the riffing and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals range from high pitched black metal screams, sludge screaming and hardcore style growls and shouts along with a brief use of spoken word parts, while the lyrics cover dark and hateful themes, a s for t he production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion Cowards are a very great sounding hybrid of black metal, sludge, doom metal and hardcore and if you are a fan of this style of music, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hoarse From The Get Go" and "Arrogant, Unseen". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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