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Monday, March 17, 2025

IAH- V (Kozmik Artifactz)


I have to say I have never heard of these guys before by they are an Argentinian instrumental band but based on the name of the album, I guess this is their 5th release.  The album features 5 tracks between 6 and 10mins and then one short one. It starts off with a spacey intro that leads into Kutno.  After the intro, the riffing and drums really build up with a heavy riff but sort of dreamy post rock like keys work giving it this melodic element. After a while, the heavy riff ends and they go into this very spacey melodic section.  Madre de los Superiois follows with some heavy riffs and melodic elements and a bit more of a slow headbanger with a bit of a guitar solo at the end. Yaldabaoth has a spacey guitar intro with a lot of reverb and then the heavy shit begins! The riff is quite simple and repeated a bit (miss a guitar solo).  Sono oi is a short piece that reminds me of Mono.  Sentado en el …. brings back the heavy dramatic riffing and grooves.  This one really kicks ass though when it takes off. Great riff and groove. It has a quiet ending though.  Las Palabras y el Mar starts a bit dark and mysterious with some keyboards. It has a lot of dynamics this last track. Although, I am not a real fan of this kind of music but these guys do it really well. I get bored with the pad keys and the same sort of melodic lines that are used by many bands in the genre. It is really hard to come up with something totally unique today especially in this genre. If you like these bands like My Sleeping Karma, Pelican, etc.. you will most likely dig this.. Good job guys..

The band is:  Juan Pablo Lucco Borlera: Bass , Mauricio Condon: Guitar & Synths and José Landín: Drums. 

https://kozmik-shop.com/ 

https://iahbanda.bandcamp.com/album/v 


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