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The band with the name of a subterranean lake labels itself as “trashing progressive metal”.
The info stuff, that has come along with the cd, mentions also melodic death and a “black metallish assault”. And indeed, all these styles can be heard on Destruction time again – and some more. Sounds creative, but too many styles can spoil the songs, even when the songs would be basically cool and interesting.
And this is the problem on Destruction time again, at least at some songs. The overdose of different styles within one song sometimes kill the emotions and somehow sounds weird. There are some songs that sound like someone would have used parts of different songs and put them together to one single song. An example is the track Falself, that starts with an Iron Maiden alike guitar riff, headbanging mood is arising, and then it gets killed by a weak key.
But the members of Loch Vostok are skilled ones, the more coherent songs work well, thrash and progressive seem to be their realms. Vocalist Teddy Möller does a good job with varied interpretations. The guitarists have their moments of fame when creating thrashy soundwalls as well as at the solos. There are lots of good ideas, cool solos, I like the voice of Teddy Möller as well as the weirdness that some songs breathe. But basically I guess the band hasn´t found their own artistic way yet and is now experimenting with integrating as much styles as possible. In a certain way I gained no access to some of the songs or the idea behind. Or perhaps I have just misunderstood the artistic concept. Well, judge on your own.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Humanitix |
| 2. Rebound |
| 3. Jonestown Slumber Party |
| 4. Xerox Nation |
| 5. Autumn Lord |
| 6. Destruction Time Again |
| 7. Symbiosis |
| 8. Falself |
| 9. Talk |
| 10. True Deceiver |
| 11. Gestalt |
: 53.04
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