Carnal Rapture - Promo 2004
Extremely technical, richly layered, Prog-flavored Death Metal similar to latter era Death. Now by technical, I don’t mean fast (these guys for some reason think blast beats are gay), and by Prog-flavored, I don’t mean there are sissy Rush vocals. Thankfully, there is only a Death snarl. I simply mean that the musicianship is of very high quality, and that the band features a textured approach rather than a full-on brutality attack. As impressive as the playing is (even more impressive when you consider these guys are from Italy, a country where you can count the good Metal bands on one hand), I’ve listened to these two songs all morning, and all that really sticks is the Classical acoustic guitar arrangement on “Next Darkest Dream.” So maybe there’s a little too much going on here. Nevertheless, Carnal Rapture have a ton of talent and originality going for them, and that’s a damn fine place to start.
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