CD Review: Interdrive - EP3 (Alternative Stoner Metal, 2016)

This came in at the right time on a stressy Monday evening - what a healthy cure.

The cover of Interdrive's "Aetheral" EP, (c) by Interdrive, used with kind permission

Summary
On a first listening this is typical brutal release. But as always a second look pays off. It's those moments when you take a closer look that you'll spot what makes this so special. It's the many ups and downs this EP provides that gives the music this mark - here comes something special to you.

I love those mixed vocals. The roughness of the dark toned voice just suits good to the agressive structured parts while the softer voice gives those melodic sections it's silk moments you need to be balanced. It's further great to hear that no moment lasts all too long in here. Just like in real life it changes quickly all the way throughout the duration of the whole material. The tempo is different on all tracks so it should offer something for all tastes out there.

A additional plus is the drummers work. Without ruining the music he moves like a shadow underlining the songs with the proper groove - that's not to be found all too often. Every here and there like in the opening track the songs changes over and moves to a time off - taking a time out of the usual structure. This feels refreshing and re-news the attention to the music. Overall the productionis fat and modern but not feeling overproduced or unreal.

Purchase-Link and Album-Stream
With every purchase you help a band to grow further. So spending a few spared bucks on this one will give you a calming down everytime you need it. Buy the digital version at Bandcamp or iTunes.

Contact
Connect with Interdrive on Facebook to keep a eye on the further progress. It's a pleasure to seesomething grow so it's well worth following them.

Earthside take us on a cinema-like epic journey showing "A Dream In Static"

In the classic era of metal music videos became a popular thing to introduce new audiences quickly to the sound of a new band. It's the same these days but oppose to back then the moving pictures have evolved to some little art form of it's own - that's at least how I look upon things.

The basic core and center still is the same - a band performing the music they have created in a passionate way showcasing what they can do best. In addition these days videos have been added with a cinema like dimension. The productions have gotten much bigger and epic. Modern progressive bands Earthside's newest visual exposure is a fine example for this.

A screenshot taken from Earthside's newest video for "A Dream In Static", (c) by Earthside, used with kind permission

Dan Tompkins laying down some of his special vocals in the newest Earthside music video, (c) by Earthside, used with kind permission

The mini-movie is a real epic, picture ladden film filled with various settings and places where the story takes place plus make-up and detailed theme-oriented clothing and surroundings that breathe a lot of atmosphere. Just look upon the screenshot above taken of the video and you'll quickly have a idea what makes this clip so special. Come and visit "A Dream in Static" featuring Dan Tompkins (Tesseract, Skyharbor) on vocals.

The music adds to it shaking you from heavy to dynamic passages while being hard and silk throughout the whole duration. It's taken of the band's current album "A Dream In Static" which you can listen and purchase on Bandcamp.

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