Release
date: May 1st
2016. Label: Halo Of Flies. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Vatten
– Tracklisting
En
linje i sanden
Att
Bida Sin Tid
Tempus
Aktion
En
Rak Linje
Band
Members:
Ronnie
Källback - Vocals
Dan
Widing - Bass
Sticky
Manchester - Drums
Henrik
Wendel - Guitar
Dan
Hedlund - Guitar
Review:
Three
years since releasing their last album – Saga, Swedish
Sludge/Doom Metal mob – Pyramido – return with their new album
Vatten. This will be released on ace record label Halo Of Flies.
Pyramido’s sound has changed a little since Saga with the guys
trying their hand at heavy waves of Psychedelic Rock merged with
intense slabs of Doom Metal. The vocals are yet again heavy with a
real muscular drive which adds a more menacing vibe compared to
previous Pyramido albums.
The
guys have been doing this for almost ten years now. Pyramido know how
to write and deliver a heartfelt pounding riff though they do offer
some cool surprises on the album. Such as post-metallic riffs here
and there on tracks such as En linje i sanden, Tempus
and Aktion. Obviously with these guys being from Sweden they
know the tricks of the trade in delivering a fiercely action-packed
album. The album never outstays its brief 37 minute run time.
Pyramido have written five songs that last about seven to eight
minutes each. It allows the band to try their hand at a more
progressive style of Doom/Sludge Metal and the album becomes better
for it.
I
would comment on the lyrical content however as with previous
Pyramido albums, Vatten is sung in the band’s native tongue. Though
you can tell when the tone of the album becomes emotional as lead
vocalist – Ronnie - becomes very passionate and delivers some of
his best work on the album. The riffs become slightly poignant and
less heavy in places with the band playing a more psych based
post-rock vibe. Though I can reassure long-time Pyramido fans the
album is packed full of heavy Sludge/Doom Metal riffs that show you
the band haven’t lost none of their anger or verve on their fourth
album.
The
second half of the album sees Pyramido create a more post-metal based
atmosphere and that allows them to create the albums heaviest moments
especially when merged with a despairing doom and gloom style of
music. My final thoughts on the album are that Pyramido have released
an album that will appeal to long-time fans of the band and attract a
few more to join their ever-growing legion. Vatten is a stunning
album from start to finish and one that you will be coming back to
for a long time to come.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to The Black Birch PR for the promo. Vatten will be available to buy
on CD/DD/Vinyl via Halo Of Flies from May 1st 2016.
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