published: 27 /
4 /
2016
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
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Label Links:-
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