Legends
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Tracklisting
1.Sage's
Alchemy
2.Born
Again
3.Dreamgazer
4.Legends
5.Kosmic
6.Unconquerable
7.Moonflower
8.Pain
To Wisdom
9.Yeti's
Hide
10.Ethereal
Path
Members
Val
Korniev – guitar/vocal/lyrics
Olexander
Korniev – bass
Max
Yuhimenko – lead guitar
Nikita
Shipovskoi – drums
Review
Legends
is the new album from Ethereal Riffian and it’s perhaps their most
confident and most accessible offering to date. However the album
does has it’s fair share of controversial moments especially with
the socially aware and politically fused lyrics. The music is the
main focal point for Legends and the album is a mixture of Grunge,
Doom, Sludge, Psych, Stoner Metal and Progressive Metal sounds
holding everything together.
Opening
song – Sage’s Alchemy – is a swirling Post-Doom offering with
the Progressive and Psychedelic sounds leading the way. The song is
quite flashy in places but it shows that the band have a darker and
more daring sound coming your way.
Second
song – Born Again starts with a confident and heavy rhythm with the
vocals coming right at you. The music has a slight Alternative
Rock/Metal approach that I didn’t expect. The band move quickly to
add Spacier elements to their music which they’ve done on previous
releases.
Third
song – Dreamgazer – adds a Heavy Metal feel to the overall flow
of the album but settles down into a more cautious Psych Doom/Stoner
based groove. Ethereal Riffian remind me of Soundgarden and Alice In
Chains on this song and it’s quite an exciting sound with the band
being quite emotional on this song.
Up
next is the title track – Legends – and its’ one of the albums
most aggressive songs on the album with the music and lyrics
portraying a bleak picture when matched against the hard rocking
sounds that show you can do something different with the standard
rules of Doom/Stoner Metal.
Ethereal
Riffian move into overdrive with the second half of the album. As the
band become more daring with everything on this album. The music
become heavier and more progressive especially on songs such as
KOSMIC, MOONFLOWER and ETHEREAL PATH. The band show a real creative
flair on this album and it will instantly draw you in until the very
end.
The
album does run out of steam near the end but it’s the overall
journey that Ethereal Riffian take you upon that’s the real
highlight. The album is helped along by explosive production values
that will keep the listener on their toes and guessing which
direction the album will take you next.
Overall,
Legend is a complex and challenging album but one that is packed with
expertly played riffs and fantastic vocals to match. This may not be
the most straight forward album to listen to but that hasn’t
stopped Ethereal Riffian from
releasing their best album to date.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Against
PR and RobustFellow Prod for
the promo.
Legends is available to pre-order now on Cassette/CD/DD/Vinyl via Robustfellow Prod and will be released on September 06th 2019 via a range of different packages.
Legends is available to pre-order now on Cassette/CD/DD/Vinyl via Robustfellow Prod and will be released on September 06th 2019 via a range of different packages.
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