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Artist: DIGIMORTAL
Album: Neobratimost
Year: 2007
One of the cooler bands from Russia is definitely
Digimortal. This five-piece, existing since 2004,
released a few websingles in the past (which were
brought together on a promo, simply called ‘Singles
2006’) which had a good affection on me. Their specific
style, with strong guitar riffs, powerful drumming and
sticky vocal parts turned out to be pretty accessable,
and although they use Russian lyrics some chorusses are
pretty catchy. Anno 2007, they signed a label deal with
Russian label Sound Age Productions, and they released
their debut album Neobratimost upon mankind, which was
produced by wellknown producer Jacob Hansen.
The album opens with the title track, ‘Neobratimost’. It
opens with some cool industrial sounds, to evolve in a
modern, even cyberish industrial metal track. It
consists of really powerful drumming, idem dito
guitarwork and some wicked electronic samplings. ‘Belka
& Strelka’ is more accessable. It has wicked guitarwork,
bashing drums, recogniseable vocal lines and a sticky
chorus. The sampling is a little mixed to the
background, but without the sampling the song would be
really missing something exceptional. ‘Tibet’ comes up
next. It’s a more downtempo track, with atmospheric
verses, midtempo instrumental parts and a refreshing,
wellfitting chorus. The easy listening vocal lines make
the track more accessable. ‘Yasherica’ is again a more
midtempo song, with wicked drumming and strong vocal
lines. The guitarwork is straight to the point and fits
the song very well, and the electronic sampling on the
little intermezzo has a refreshing attitude.
‘Mekhanicheskiy Rassvet’ is a very modern and
atmospheric track, with cool (also literally) sampling,
gentle vocal lines and dark guitar riffs. The drumming
is both gentle and powerful, which gives this song a
strong attitude. ‘R-Evolucia’ consists of brutal verses,
electronic sampling, powerful drumming and a gentle
chorus, which give the song an atmospheric touch.
‘Tancui!’ follows. It’s a more experimental track, which
is constantly swapping from electro to metal moments,
and consists of experimental sampling and drumworks. The
guitar riffs are strong, specially when mixed with the
powerful electronic parts, while the vocal lines are
gentle but straight to the point. ‘M.A.S.H.I.N.A.’ is
already the eighth track of the release. It opens with
clean guitarwork and cold keylines. What follows is an
easy listening, modern metal and electronic based track
with atmospheric keylines, catchy vocal lines and gentle
musical works. ‘Ya vash vrag!’ is again more brutal. It
contains bashing drumwork, powerful guitarwork and very
wicked sampling. The vocal lines are pretty sticky
(specially the chorus), and all together make this track
my personal favourite on the release. The album ends
with ‘Poslezavtra’, which is a piano outro.
Digimortal fulfilled my high expectations on
Neobratimost with ease. When it comes to songwriting
skills and devotion, this band can’t be learned anything
new. The combination of modern metal, industrial and
experimental approaches plus the hand of producer Jacob
Hansen turns out to be a golden chain. If you’re open
minded enough to listen to an album in Russian, there’s
no reason to not buy this CD.
Vote: 97 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Neobratimost
02. Belka & Strelka
03. Tibet
04. Yasherica
05. Mekhanicheskiy
Rassvet
06. R-Evolucia
07. Tancui!
08. M.A.S.H.I.N.A.
09. Ya vash vrag!
10. Poslezavtra
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