Gardenian burst out of your speakers furious at the world.
\nCombining occasional blast beats on the snare drum and an
\noutstandingly heavy riff in opening track “As a True King,”
\nGardenian comes across as sounding familiar, but not in a way that
\nannoys. I have just about had my fill of the death metal vocal
\nstyle so I was not impressed with the first song on their latest
\nrelease
\nSoulburner<\/i>. Digging deeper into the CD, though, yields some
\nimpressive songs.<\/p>\n
Consider the slow ballad “If Tomorrow’s Gone.” Starting with an
\nerie guitar riff, the band comes in with some some heavy riffing.
\nThe vocals are as clear and the guitar provides a strong foundation
\nover which the vocals spin a sad tale of loss. About halfway
\nthrough the song, though, as a contrast in style, the death vocal
\nstyle comes in, complete with airy background vocals and impressive
\ndouble bass work. Without turning into a run-of-the-mill death
\nband, Gardenian cover the familiar ground, creating sound textures
\nthat eventually lead to a return to the main lyrics of the song:
\n“If tomorrow’s gone\/ I would feel no comfort\/ If tomorrow’s gone\/ I
\nwould stop feeling so lonely.”<\/p>\n
Track seven “Chaos In Flesh” is sure to appeal to those wanting
\ntheir metal thick and heavy. With some acrobatic drumming,
\nincluding an ever present double bass syncopated pattern, Gardenian
\nriff their way through some heavy material.<\/p>\n
In essence, then, Gardenian is a mixed bag. You get some death
\nmetal but you also get some crystal clear vocals in the mix.
\nBringing in some remorse in the lyrics add an element to this band
\nthat other death bands, like Centinex, are not employing.
\nCentinex’s recent
\nBloodhunt<\/i> CD, on Repulse Records, is pure, fast death metal
\nin the vein of Slayer. There’s no depth to the band’s lyrics, just
\na lot of growling. With bands like Centinex, I find it hard to
\nappreciate more than the double bass blasting throbbing through my
\nears.<\/p>\n
Gardenian, therefore, take listening pleasure up a notch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6156],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-36318","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-gardenian","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36318"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36318"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}