Sunday, January 2, 2011

YAKUZA - OF SEISMIC CONSEQUENCE (2010)

genre : progressive/art metal
similar bands : Oranssi Pazuzu, The Ocean, Callisto
origin : USA
strong spot : nice use of saxophone
weak spot :  kick drum is almost absent due to the terrible production , songwriting is bad, clean vocals are ok but they lack character and passion

A quite mediocre album that relies on the use of saxophone in order to sound different. The songwriting is ''cheap'', slow parts that include overused chord progressions, some more progressive parts that don't blend with the slow parts of the album, and...we are done! There is no songwriting, no musical composition, just a bunch of chords thrown here and there. I read they are influenced by progressive/art bands such as King Crimson but I saw no resemblance to the innovative compositions of latter. 

6 out of 10 goatheads 

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