Style: Extreme (Mixed vocals)
Review by: Dylan
Country: Argentina
Release date: 28-09-2018
NOTE: This album was originally included in the September 2018 issue of The Progressive Subway
Uroboros are a hard band to label. Some songs are groovy, with death growls. Others are beautiful somber ballads. Some songs are filled with sludge riffs, others with shoegaze riffs. Black metal elements are here too, hell, they even pull out a bandoneon once, an Argentinian instrument frequently used in Tango. And this salad works…. Surprisingly well!
They have a very unique sound, the vocals remind me of Pallbearer, but that’s about as much similarities I can find to any other band. This is a 52 minute experience that takes you to so many places that it’s hard for me to describe you what you’re gonna get. However I can tell you that it’s a great type of uniqueness, since the songwriting and pacing is tight and on point, even on the 16 minute closer.
It’s very enjoyable but to me some ideas stick out more than others. I for example would’ve loved more bandoneon, but it’s only present on the ending of one track. I would have loved that the second to last track (a ballad) didn’t exist and in replacement I’d have gotten more like the first two tracks of the record. But will these minor negatives aside, I recommend this to anyone looking for a band that does something different, yet remains tight in their playing and songwriting.
Recommended tracks: Las doce pruebas […], No vivira más que […]
Recommended for fans of: Opeth, Enslaved
Final verdict: 8/10
Related links: Bandcamp | Spotify | Facebook | Metal-Archives page
Label: Independent
Uroboros is:
– Ignacio Elías Rosner (vocals, guitars)
– Sebastián Ferreyra (drums, vocals)
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