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Artist: SYMAWRATH
Album: Chemical Psychodrama
Year: 2002
Because of my Spanish roots (I am 50% Spanish for if you
still didn’t knew it) I am always happy to hear
something new coming from Spain. My latest discovery is
a band called Symawrath, which is a five piece hailing
from Tarragona (not far from Barcelona). In the
beginning they were making symphonic black metal, but
after a while they decided to add some dark electro and
industrial influences, which resulted in a brand new
package. Sounds like a pretty good package huh?
‘Chemical Psychodrama’ was the first album which was
recorded with these new influences and was released in
2002.
‘Paradox’ is an opener with a refreshing attitude. The
heavy guitar sound and powerful drumtracks seems
heritages from the past, but the EBM influenced sampling
suck this track into a whole new dimension. Paradox is a
little catchy, powerful and more than decent. ‘The 6
chamber, the 6 breath & the 6 drug’ is a song with a
weird name. The song itself contains industrial death
metal riffs and beatings, while the vocals (which are a
mix between clean and raw vocals) really seem to fit
this stuff. Between the industrial sampling, there are
some nice cold synth parts too. A bit like Malmonde
likes to create their songs, although this one is a
little more wicked. ‘Suicide [S. 6 S.]’ sounds
different. Machinery and robotic sounding sampling and
beats are thrilled through your ears on this one, which
make this one definitely the more harsh/EBM track of
this record. ‘Seismic Symmetry 2001’ sounds like it
continues where the preverious song has ended, but after
a while the metal returns. The heavy guitar sound is
there again, although this time it is more used in an
atmospheric way. Mix EBM with Fear Factory and you might
get the idea of this track. ‘Black Optick Sensors’ is
the best track in my opinion. With the sampling that
could fit in any thriller movie and the powerful
instrumental works, this track may sound different from
the others, but it is still very recogniseable for this
band’s style. Bands like Dagoba and Zuul FX could learn
some things from this song, and that is definitely a
compliment! The next track is a dark club version of the
opening track ‘Paradox’. This EBM version is very
powerful and danceable. Goth people will really
appreciate this one, but it’s not one that pure
metalheads would dig easely. I like it though! ‘Martyrs
in the Sea of Mercury’ is the final track of this album.
It’s a very cold and EBM likely track, which sounds more
like an outro than like a real music track. In the end,
I must say that Symawrath turned out to be a positive
surprise to me, and I am sure that they will turn out to
be a positive surprise to many others who don’t know
this band yet too!
Vote: 85 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Paradox
02. The 6 chamber, the 6
breath & the 6 drug
03. Suicide [S. 6 S.]
04. Seismic Symmetry
2001
05. Black Optick Sensors
06. Paradox . [Dark Club
Version]
07. Martyrs in the Sea
of Mercury |
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