Release
date: November 30th 2016. Label: Self Released. Format: DD
Hombre
De Piedra – Tracklisting
Hombre
Piedra
Crisis
RH2
Gaza
Cuidad
Fantasma
Circo
Infierno
Hacia
El Avismo
Camino
Marginales
Insanidad
Review:
This
is my first exposure to Kayros. A Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Rock band
from Chile. They’ve been going for ten years now and they have just
released their third album – Hombre De Piedra. Signs didn’t look
too good with the opening track – Hombre Piedra – as it opens
with a saxophone merged with distorted psychedelic beats. Then the
song opened up with heavy fuzzy riffs that caught my attention.
As
the band move into heavier sonic territory with doomy grunge sounds
and cool as ice vocals. The vocals are sung in the bands main
language. I can’t comment what the lead singer is singing about but
he puts in a commanding performance with the fuzz based sounds
playing around him.
Kayros
have quite a progressive spaced out fuzz rock vibe on the early
stages of the album and it’s a constant theme through out the
entire album. Kayros deserve credit for creating some original sounds
on this album. Tracks such as Crisis RH2, Gaza, Circo Infierno and
Caminos Marginales are where the band impresses the most. As the band
play heavy sounds that merge Doom, Stoner, Fuzz and Psychedelic riffs
for a crazy wild ride.
Kayros
show a wealth of creativity on the album as they blend sixties
sounding psychedelic with the heavier seventies space rock sounds
that are all held together by modern sounding doomy atmospherics.
Kayros leave you wanting more on some of the songs especially Cuidad
Fantasma. As they create a surreal Pink Floyd-esque trippy sonic
odyssey that suddenly ends. This is a shame as I feel the song should
have been longer. Though not to worry as the band have other great
songs to impress you with.
The
production is superb as the album has a lot of depth especially in
the volume department. This is a very loud album so be prepared to
turn the volume down a touch or so.
I
wasn’t expecting much from Hombre De Piedra but Kayros impressed me
a great deal. Hombre De Piedra is a fantastic album from start to
finish. The album is another great reason why you should check out
more bands from the South American Doom/Stoner Rock scene. There are
some excellent bands to discover and I recommend you start with
Kayros as this album is simply unmissable.
Words
by Steve Howe
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