Harrow
is a three piece band from Victoria, Canada, that plays very raw, nasty,
sometimes doomy stuff, other times quite melodic. This band reminds me of
Kreator or Bathory without the guitar solos. Into the Valley starts with acoustic guitar as
the drums build up and then intense evil thrash kicks in. The next two songs
are also found on the live side of the tape. Journey into the Mountain and To
weather the Storm follow. This part of the tape mellows things out for a bit
with some acoustic pieces until the band kicks in hard and heavy and screaming
again. Exile and Rebirth end the powerful side A. Side B of the tapes is live
at the Moontower and features a couple of the songs from the A side. The sound
quality is really raw and nasty. Keening starts things off doomy but then it
changes to a more melodic thread. The vocals are like death metal though. In
the Shadow of the Stone (also on the A side) is more lead by the bass until the
noisy thrash begins. Very low fi insane sound. Vast unending Lands continues
the aural assault of raw, nasty metal in this short track. After a brief talk
introduction, the band kicks into the intense Wraith. Watcher (not the
Motorhead/ Hawkwind track), is also very extreme music. The side ends with Snow
Falls on the Night of the Solstice, which is also featured on the A side of the
tape. Very Intense and raw stuff. Not easy on the ears.. Recommend to play at
low volume at least the B side of the tape.
No comments:
Post a Comment