This is a mix between death and thrash metal, most of the riffs and leads are played more in a thrash manner while the drumming, vocals, and solos are going in the death metal style. In essence you could call this album an extreme thrash sound, with a technical edge. First off the songs themselves are mainly played at very high tempos and the solos are almost entirely played in a brutal style which is fast guitar picked distorted soloing that lasts for a short time. Swedish sound seems to be a big influence on Psychomancer’s style which uses a lot of swedish guitar tones techniques. Fortunately most of the songs are very entertaining and filler is almost non existent. Even when these guys slows down to more mid tempo the songs are still very entertaining. The band’s playing is very tight which shows they are highly capable musicians who exhibit incredible skill since most of their songs are played at very high and brutal tempos. The vocals are awesome. The guitar work has a technical aspect to it. The drumming is nearly flawless and is very double kick bass driven with some absolutely pummeling rhythms. The bass guitar is there too. Shards Of The Hourglass is an instant classic that belongs in any thrash or death metal collector’s collection. The best songs for me are Hell's Venom and Red Poetry (which contains a kick ass intense vocals). I recommend this great album to any extreme metal fan who likes technically challenging death/thrash.
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Review by Paul Caravasi
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