Thursday, May 2, 2013

Mantra/Toward The Light/2012 EP Review


  Mantra  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  mixture  of  hardcore,  progressive,  psychedelic  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2012  ep  "Toward  The  Light".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced   to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very   strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow, mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  hardcore,  progressive,  psychedelic,  and  death  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times  as  well  as  some  soft  and  clean  playing  being  used  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  progressive  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  further  advance  the  progressive  and  psychedelic  sounds  of  the  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  clean  singing,  extreme  metal/hardcore  shouts  and  yells  and  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  ep  with  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Mantra  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  hardcore,  progressive,  psychedelic  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Toward  The  Light"  and  "One".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

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