Now Belgians Serpentcult I have time for, ploughing as they do a hypnotic, dirgey Metal furrow. They straddle a few fences, being neither Doom, Death, Black or Sludge Metal, yet encompassing aspects of each. When the band aren’t grinding out a riff heavy moshfest, singer Michelle’s vocals rise out of the mire to enunciate the bands intent, with a clear vocalled style, not quite operatic and rather ethereal, bring to mind Anneke ex- of The Gathering. Musically it’s almost a more tempered Electric Wizard or Yob feel. I enjoy the juxtaposition of the heavy flow of the music and the melodic singing that compliments it. If I was to criticize the album it would only be to suggest that the album sometimes loses its way in groove and some of the musical moments tend to sound familiar. That said, many repeated listens would likely help the tracks bed down and who is to argue that this isn’t Serpentcult’s style anyway? Definitely one of the more interesting and enjoyable heavy bands I’ve heard in a few years and I’d recommend to anyone, especially fans of melodic Death Metal looking for some slow’n’heavy or the latter looking for some melodic vocals that doesn’t compromise in style.
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