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Others

Note : 5 / 5

Année : 2007

Style : Doom Death

Distress is a French band born in 1996. “Others” is their third release after “Close to Heaven” (Thundering Records, 2001) and “The Mourning Sign” (Manitou Music, 2004). A music that takes you away with sounds from death metal to heavy metal and from dark feelings to doom acoustic parts too. Also Distress mix the whole with progressive moods and play all instruments with cleverness. The production is faultless and thus intensifies their music. Therefore, it makes it as inventive as attractive. Sometimes lyrics are sorrowful and sometimes there are screamed. A lot of melodies flood this opus finally without loosing powerful guitars, tormented lyrics and hammered rhythms. Deep, strong, gloomy, despairing, doom, death and heavy are the words for “Others”. You can compare this opus with Opeth or bands of the same stamp, of course. But you have to know that Distress enforces its identity with this opus. 71,16 minutes of a new gift and a new masterpiece anyway. No less, no more !

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