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Ocean Districts: Expeditions
31/03/14 || Cobal
The best thing of having the over-metal-offer of today is probably that there is a wider range of styles and influences, and one can now listen to different kinds of metal serving different moods. Take all these instrumental releases for instance. Even if not something I’d feel like listening on a daily basis, I have to admit I’ve had a few nice surprises in the last couple years. With that in mind, I’d say “Expeditions” is a worthy release falling into such category. Apparently inspired by the cold ways of the northern seas, these Estonians deliver an accessible yet interesting and entertaining record that effectively inspires you with solitude, cold and calm. In fact, the cover is most revealing of what you’ll get to listen here; the whole opus is a most detailed musical landscape. That notwithstanding the eventual headbang to one of the heavier guitar-driven moments, that is. A propos, for an instrumetal record—that was a typo, I figured it’d look cool though—this little fella appears to flow fairly quickly.
Cheers.
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