From the depths and atmosphere to the frenzied riffs. Here
are three LP’S that will fulfill your riffing needs.
BINARY – Commit more Arson
Binary hail from Philadelphia
in the USA and play ferocious emoviolence. Emoviolence is usually typecasted as
the result of combining powerviolence with screamo and it’s well known for the
short duration of the songs, blast beats and new methods of screaming and singing.
Binary takes a new approach to the genre and manages to deliver 9 songs on the total
running time of around 12 minutes. Commit more Arson is their debut LP and it’s
packed with raw emotions, addictive riffs and engaging vocals. Even though the
short duration of the songs (clocking below the three minute mark) they never
manage to get too generic or uninteresting. They blend the frenzied riffing and
drumming to the cathartic style of vocals, managing to offer a bunch load of
different emotions and moods, since every song sounds distinctive and unique.
NIONDE PLAGAN – Reflektion
Nionde Plagan are a three-piece
from Sweden, they blend with prowess several different genres like post-rock,
screamo and post-hardcore with some dashes of atmospheric sludge. Reflektion is
their latest LP that packs 8 songs that manage to be both atmospheric, filled
with different moods and a well conceived kind of rawness. The riffs carry
different textures that allow for some introspective moments but are also
packed with enough energy to offer the songs different and interesting layers. It’s
an intense LP that has its grace on the ability to deliver a broad range of
emotions and that is a little bittersweet when combining the melancholy of the
more atmospheric passages and the rawness of the more fast and abrasive
moments.
Dim Into Dross – Spectres of indifference
Dim Into Dross are a
three-piece from the USA. Energic and irreverent are some of the trademarks of this
LP. Specters of indifference packs 9 songs that hit you like a whole lot of
shots of strong black coffee. It’s a curious blend of screamo, hardcore, some
little bit of punk here and there and a slight grindcore inclination, so the
result is bombastic as expected. The instruments follow the frenzied and raw vocals
along the way and some discordant riffs blend in with some harmonious passages
as is the case in the song Osidian (one of the more lenghty songs but below the
three minute mark). It’s an enjoyable LP that will interest the fans of
engaging and ecletic screamo.
All the records are available at Zegema Beach's bandcamp and online store.
TEXT: CLÁUDIA ZAFRE