Black Rainbows - Stellar Prophecy

  by Anthony Strutt

published: 27 / 4 / 2016




Black Rainbows - Stellar Prophecy


Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Format: CD
Flawed and self-indulgent latest album from metal-influenced Italian three-piece, Black Rainbows



Review

With a label called Heavy Psych Sounds, you would expect some psychedelia in there. There is indeed some, but it is mostly a metal/hard rock focused label. The cover of the Black Rainbows’ latest album ‘Stellar Prophecy’ is a bit dodgy, looking like a cross between a goth and a metal album. The album opens with ‘Electrify’, which starts with heavy guitar and drums, before it becomes grittier. As it progresses, Black Rainbows, however, sound more and more like a metal band. ‘Woman’ is much more psychedelic. Long and drone-influenced, you can either lose yourself in it or it will bore you senseless. ‘Golden Widow’ is much more mystical and something like the Doors. It hypnotises and stuns, and is a fine slice of long haired over-indulgence. ‘Evil Snake’ and ‘It’s Time to Die’ both return to hard-edged metal. ‘Keep the Secret’ treads the same treadmill. It ends with ‘The Travel’, which is a post-rock anthem and big and very open gives the music more room to breathe in. If, only, the rest was as good...



Track Listing:-

1 Electrify
2 Woman
3 Golden Widow
4 Evil Snake
5 It's Time to Die
6 Keep the Secret
7 The Travel


Band Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/BLACKRAINBOWS
https://twitter.com/blackrainbowsii
http://www.theblackrainbows.com/


Label Links:-

http://www.heavypsychsounds.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HEAVYPSYCHSOU
https://twitter.com/HEAVYPSYCHSOUND
https://www.youtube.com/user/MonoStere
https://instagram.com/heavypsychsounds



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