Dew-Scented
Invocation
4.5/5
Listen To: Torn To Shreds
Skip It: Totem
From listening to metal and hardcore for years, it’s always refreshing to hear a band with clear dedication to their style. All you diehards know what I mean, finding a legitimate heavy group that doesn’t use hardcore as a front for getting new fans is difficult. This is why I can‘t big up Dew-Scented’s latest album Invocation enough. These Germans have been representing bullshit-free metal-hardcore since 1992, and know their style like none else - they hit everything within their sound right on the mark.
First off, Invocation is free of pretentiousness. Build-up opener track “Downfall” employs an acoustic guitar for about a minute, before ushering in the hyper-picked palm-mutes of “Arise From Decay.” Then you know straight up what Invocation has in store: down-tune ridden breakdowns, speedy riffs, face-melter solos and thrashy drums.
All this in balanced harmony. Knowing when to step-up with some technicality and when to back off is what Dew-Scented does best. Like in “Have No Mercy For Us,” which features masterful thrash riffs, as well as simple, distortion soaked power chord progressions. Guitarists Michael Borchers and Martin Walczak accept the opportunity for a solo battle at the end of the four and a half minute tune, but don’t shove it down your throat. It’s quick, up and down the neck for a couple rounds in the thrash-style solo technique used for the entire album.
And don’t worry about vocals. Leif Jensen is master of a steady, anger-fuelled yell throughout Invocation. For contrast he could scream, he could sing along - but he knows that what he and the rest of his band have is perfect, and should not be screwed with.
Track Listing:
1. Downfall
2. Arise From Decay
3. The Invocation
4. Have No Mercy On Us
5. Artificial Life
6. Condemnation
7. Totem
8. Torn To Shreds
9. Revel In Contempt
10. A Critical Mass
11. Global Hysteria
12. Slaves Of Consent
Published by Tangible Sounds Music Magazine
Invocation
4.5/5
Listen To: Torn To Shreds
Skip It: Totem
From listening to metal and hardcore for years, it’s always refreshing to hear a band with clear dedication to their style. All you diehards know what I mean, finding a legitimate heavy group that doesn’t use hardcore as a front for getting new fans is difficult. This is why I can‘t big up Dew-Scented’s latest album Invocation enough. These Germans have been representing bullshit-free metal-hardcore since 1992, and know their style like none else - they hit everything within their sound right on the mark.
First off, Invocation is free of pretentiousness. Build-up opener track “Downfall” employs an acoustic guitar for about a minute, before ushering in the hyper-picked palm-mutes of “Arise From Decay.” Then you know straight up what Invocation has in store: down-tune ridden breakdowns, speedy riffs, face-melter solos and thrashy drums.
All this in balanced harmony. Knowing when to step-up with some technicality and when to back off is what Dew-Scented does best. Like in “Have No Mercy For Us,” which features masterful thrash riffs, as well as simple, distortion soaked power chord progressions. Guitarists Michael Borchers and Martin Walczak accept the opportunity for a solo battle at the end of the four and a half minute tune, but don’t shove it down your throat. It’s quick, up and down the neck for a couple rounds in the thrash-style solo technique used for the entire album.
And don’t worry about vocals. Leif Jensen is master of a steady, anger-fuelled yell throughout Invocation. For contrast he could scream, he could sing along - but he knows that what he and the rest of his band have is perfect, and should not be screwed with.
Track Listing:
1. Downfall
2. Arise From Decay
3. The Invocation
4. Have No Mercy On Us
5. Artificial Life
6. Condemnation
7. Totem
8. Torn To Shreds
9. Revel In Contempt
10. A Critical Mass
11. Global Hysteria
12. Slaves Of Consent
Published by Tangible Sounds Music Magazine
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