This is a review of a split album between Eternal Solstice and Mourning from the Netherlands which was originally released in 1991 and re-issued by Vic Records in 2012 and we will start off the review with Eternal Solstice which plays death metal in the mid 80's and early 90's vein.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast original death metal riffs that are very heavy, r aw and primitive sounding with some thrash influences, while the lead guitars are very raw and primitive sounding death metal guitar solos and leads.
Vocals are mostly deep death metal growls with some high pitched pitched screams, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it h as a very heavy, raw and primitive sound to it which was common for that era.
In my opinion Eternal Solstice are a very great sounding death metal band from the classic era and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Path To Perdition" and "Melancholic Characters". RECOMMENDED.
Next up is Mourning another band that plays early era death metal.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars, as for the violins which are only used on the last song they bring an original sound which was not really heard much in death metal until a few years later.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast early death metal riffs that are very heavy, raw and primitive sounding with some thrash influences being thrown into the riffing, while the lead guitars which are only utilized briefly are very raw and primitive sounding death metal guitar solos and leads.
Vocals a re all early death metal growls and screams, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it has a very heavy, raw and primitive sounding in the early death metal tradition without the production of modern day death metal.
In my opinion Mourning where a very great sounding heavy, raw and primitive death metal band from t he early area and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Free Evil" and "You're Sold". RECOMMENDED BUY.
In conclusion this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of mid 80's and early 90's era death metal. RECOMMENDED BUY.
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