SUSPERIA - Cut from Stone

«Susperia is a band with black metal roots, who currently play extreme metal combined with melodic parts«, writes a presentation on the band’s official site. Extreme metal my ass. The first 3 songs of the album are overtly Pantera, but a Europenized and tame Pantera, with a vocal that is obviously no Phil Anselmo. Just when you think that you’ve had enough and want to turn it off, you get hit by a riff or a ubermelodic solo, or a choir that seem to come from a different world, that of modern metal, and keep you connected. The album doesn’t sound bad, it is consistent and well-produced, and the 5 know their way around their instruments, but it is totally boring, even trivial I daresay. Looking bad, as I have followed the band(with moderate interest), I could say that it has evolved from a promising young player to an overpaid bench warmer. Press play, but selectively!

(+): production, the two guitar players
(-): no originality

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