Izo is a pretty new instrumental four piece band from Leece
playing tuned down heavy stoner doom stuff. A genre that is really hard these
days to come up with a new and interesting sound. The IZO intro is pretty cool
that starts the CD off with some effects on one of the guitars and strange
vocals and then it kicks directly into We are what we Are and the heavy doom
begins. One guitar plays the heavy riff and the other something more melodic
and then the riffing becomes more intense as it builds up and then slows down
again around 2mins. The band does not really like guitar solos and goes mainly
for just heavy riffing and some melodic lines or repeated parts. This one ends
heavy and doomy like it started but mostly a high energy stoner like track.
Hikikomori starts off like a post rock track with some spacey synth like sounds
(not one is credited so probably a guitar pedal of sorts) and at about 1:30,
the heavy doomy riff kicks in. They
speed it up a bit but this one is more or less a pure riff monster until the
5min mark when the bass line and synth (guitar) take the track to the next
phase of the long track. Very cool change and then back to the heavy stuff at
7:30 until the end. Kikusai is a slow builder with some nice melodic guitars
for the first 4 and half mins and then a more stoner rock groove kicks in and
there is a short solo section. euTONEsia is the last real track on the album
and starts with some nice melodic guitars again as it slowly grows and gets
more and more intense starting at around 2mins and they really kick up the
energy at 4mins and yes… a guitar solo section a min before the end.. MudMut is
a sort of outro piece. Check this new Italian band out!!
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