Release Date: February 07th 2025. Record Label: Minotauro Records. Formats: CD/DD
EvAAvE - Track Listing:
1. Duende
2. Tar Wings
3. Mad Dalena
4. Petricore
5. Succubi et Incubi
6. F.O.M.O.
7. Geosmina
8. EvAAvE
Members
MoMo – Vocals
Lele – Guitars
Rex – Drums
Jeremy – Bass
Review
Doom/Sludge Metallers Di’Aul have been creating their own blend of heavy Psychedelic music for the best part of fifteen years now since their inception back in 2010. Their music has a mighty SONIC based presence with a twinge of slow-paced atmospheric sludgy undercurrent to give them a cool presence of their own making.
Their fourth album EvAAvE is their most impressive yet with Di’Aul blurring the lines of Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal for a record that is more primal than ever before. With a stripped back creative approach with progressive sludge metal sound that’s been recorded by Enrico Baraldi and mastered by MONOLORD’s Esben Willems, the record has the all right ingredients for a truly haunting record.
The album is made up of eight songs with influences ranging from Black Sabbath, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Crowbar, YOB, UFOMAMMUT, and Neurosis that can be heard. However, Di’Aul always creates their own epic SONIC based sound where the lyrics are deft, emotionally charged and brilliantly poetic especially on tracks such as Duende, Tar Wings and Mad Delana which open the album in spectacular fashion. The music is cautiously slow and down-tuned at times which adds a certain element of surprise when the album becomes way heavier than it actually is.
Di’Aul employ a certain 1990’s element to their music with traces of Grunge, Alt-Metal and Shoegaze appearing from time-to-time which gives EvAAvE a contemporary feeling but still retaining that classic Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal underground energy which has served the band brilliantly well over the years.
The second half of the album offers a more muscular and realistic style of music where the band take the time in bringing the heavy sludgy grooves to the forefront of their music especially on tracks such as Succbi et Incubi, F.O.M.O. and EvAAvE. These tracks have the most intense vocals and spellbinding lyrics on the whole album with Di’Aul exploring some daring themes you wouldn’t initially expect.
EvAAvE is the type of album you savour over multiple listens to get the full PSYCHEDELIC and COSMIC effect as EvAAvE works on so many different levels that you don't expect to understand everything from your first listen. As there’s a lot going on with EvAAvE which Di’Aul make no apologies for and that makes EvAAvE their most boldest, baddest and greatest record to date.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to NeeCee Agency for the promo.
EvAAvE will be available to buy on CD/DD via Minotauro Records from Friday 07th February 2025.
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