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Friday, August 31, 2018
Necro- Adiante (Electric Magic Records EMLP11)
Necro is
a rock band from Maceió, Brazil and featuring Lillian
Lessa on bass, guitar, voice, Pedro Salvador on guitar, bass, voice, and Thiago
Alef on drums and percussion. The band has been around since 2016 but this is
their first international release. It was released in Brazil in December 2016. Orbes kicks things off with a hard rock riff
and the female lead vocal. There are some nice changes in this track with an
acoustic guitar section and a more dreamy vocal with some delay on it which
gives it a nice psychedelic edge. Interesting to hear rock music sung in
Portuguese! Adiante features some nice slide guitar and is mainly a vocal
oriented track until the 3rd minute and then the band heads in a new
direction and it rocks out! Azul Profundo creates a bit more tension as the
band shows a further progression in their sound on this long 7min track. This
track has some complimenting organ on it, which is a nice change up. Great skat
vocal that jams along with the guitar and organ in the jam part. Viajor has a
very catchy guitar riff and some nice vocals and reminds me of someone but I
can’t just quite place it. Great rocking track. Entropia keeps the energy level
up and that sort of occult rock vibe is present but with the bands own unique
twist. Love the direction the song takes at 1.5mins even if only for a brief
break. Excellent track. Espelhos e Sombras features Pedro briefly on a lead
vocal toward the middle end of this track, which is one of the more complex on
the album and also features some organ. Deuses Suicidas closes out the album
and features Pedro starting off the vocals on this one. Another nice catchy riff for this jamming
track. A pretty
cool band with a lot of great songs and dynamics. Sometimes they remind me a
bit of Siena Root! Check them out. Pressed on vinyl in only 300 copies.
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