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When people talk about Italian metal the names that come up
for discussion are usually names like Rhapsody, Labyrinth and other similar
style bands but there is a lot more going on in this country and there are
good bands in almost every genre. Hand Of Doom is one of them and their debut
album is next up for review. "Dreams Of Resurrection" may be the very first
official release from the band but they have been around since 1995 and have
completed a couple of self-financed recordings during these years. This is
incredibly far from Rhapsody musically speaking. Hand Of Doom plays technical
death metal with plenty of time changes and weird twists accompanied with both
growling and clean vocals. They have chosen a very difficult type of music to
play but their years of practice as a band have paid off and this is a very
coherent album with tight technical musicianship. Another oddity is that there
is some violin playing in the title track which is definitely the strongest
song on the album with a very complex song structure and acoustic guitars.
This would have been a wonderful album if it wasn't for one thing - the
vocals - which do not sound that good, especially not the clean and semi-clean
ones that are often off-key and only appear to disturb the listener. If you
can look past the vocals this is music well suited for fans of Atheist and the
more technical albums of Death.
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1. Dark |
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Side 2. Winter Days 3. Dreams Of Resurrection 4. Deep |
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Waters 5. King Of Beasts 6. Just Another Day 7. Tears Of |
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Eternity 8. Ancient Spirit |
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