Ashes is a depressive black metal project from the United States. This 7 song demo is Ashes' second release. This is depressive black metal at some of it's best. You can tell when you listen to this that it is pure fucking emotion through music. This CD is not you're typical DSBM that you are seeing popping up all over. It has some very unique elements to it. This has solos, and I can definitly hear some blues influence here.
The guitar on this album is comprised of slow, heavily distorted, guitar power chords and sweet, soft, and beautiful acoustic guitar passages. The electric is really great, it helpes to just set the mood of what this album is about, sorrow, sadness, hate.... The solos are an original and wonderful aspect to Ashes' brand of depressive black metal. The solos are obviously influenced by classic heavy metal, but they don't take anything away from the mood, they are extremely well placed and I was happily surprised to find them here. The acoustic is soft, slow, riffs that put you in a total other world. They are not too technical, too fast, but mid-paced, and beautiful. I know this sounds strange, but they really enhance whatever you are feeling. It's a little like weed, lol.
The vocals are another amazing aspect to this work of art. They seem not like screams to sing, but screams of desolation, screams of pain. At times, the singer even weeps on recording. These are great vocals, fucking awesome.
I can't hear much bass, but I'm sure it's good.
Drums are pretty good, they do their job.
To sum things up, this is a great DSBM album, with original twists to it. I would suggest to any fans of black metal, death metal, gothic metal, or maybe even some heavy metal fans who are looking for something a little more extreme. I suggest you go contact the dude for the CD right now. 87/100.
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