Release
date: May
1st
2020.
Label: Seeing
Red Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Keverra
– S/T – Tracklisting
1.Albion
2.Incendiare
3.Bathsheba
4.Anaesthetic
5.Tioga
6.Bitter
Air of Exile
7.Object
to Be Destroyed
8.Funerary
9.No
God
10.Black
Tie Event
Members
Kurk:
Guitars, Vocals, Noise
Scott:
Bass
Mateo:
Drums, Vocals, Sample
Review
Keverra
is a new band featuring current and ex-members of the following bands
-(16)-, Goatsnake, and Mayan Bull. So there’s no denying that this
band have got the talent and experience of playing ferocious Doom,
Sludge and Stoner Metal. Though the guys have roped in Sanford Parker
to record and master their debut self-titled album.
The
debut album is one aggressive slab of Doom and Sludge Metal with the
band showing a passion for all things dark and aggressive for the
majority of the album. Though, Keverra never forget to add a
delicious and heavily twisted groove to their album and it makes it
quite addictive whilst the band are creating a nightmarish style of
Sludge/Stoner Metal.
Opening
song – Albion – is dark and oppressive with the fast-paced riffs
creating a bleak atmosphere for Keverra to deliver their nightmarish
vocals upon. The song has quite an adventurous industrial feel to it
as well and the guys cut straight to the bone with their bleak ideas
and musical imagery on this song. If you’re a fan of -(16)- or
Goatsnake then you’ll be right at home here. The band waste no time
impressing from the start and the music is always constantly changing
that offers a bolder experience that you wouldn’t initially expect.
Second
song – Incendiare – is a song full of Ambient sounds that lasts
under a minute but it offers a harsh and droned out surreal
experience that fits superbly well with the dark vibes contained on
the album.
Third
song – Bathsheba – has been doing the rounds lately on YouTube
and other metal sites and that’s not surprising since this is one
of the standout tracks with a classic mix of Doom and Sludge Metal
with a more extreme style of Thrash Metal being added. The vocals or
deep growls that the band offer here maybe hard to understand at
first but after a few listens you’re fully on board with the dark
lyrics that Keverra have written on this song. The song is quite
experimental in places and the band even find time to add a more
Post-Metallic vibe to their overall sound.
The
first 3 songs show you what Keverra play for the remainder of the
album but still having the balls to experiment with their sound and
offering the listener a challenging listen on the lengthier songs on
the album such as: Tioga, Object To Be Destroyed, No God and Black
The Event.
These
are the songs where Keverra offer the most aggressive and perhaps
most thrilling sounds of the album. As the whole flow of the album
moves from one destructive environment to the next. There are a
couple of shorter songs that sees Keverra play a more nuanced style
of Industrial Metal with gloomy ideas that fit superbly well within
the whole structure of the album.
This
is a superbly produced album that allows Keverra to play to their
full potential and perhaps offer one of the bleakest and heaviest
debut albums I’ve heard in some time.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Thomas for the promo. Keverra debut album will be available to buy
on DD/Vinyl via Seeing Red Records from May 1st
2020.
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