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Some
vocalists just bark and bite and growl like hurt beasts
determined to shake off their wounds. They emit super
human vocal inflections full of non sense and bile.
Others do spew their venom, but their words get
blurred and lost amidst the distortion of their own.
Their expressionistic volume though one sided tends to
be incredibly effective. Some vocalists just don’t give
a fuck and splash their tunes with immense anger and
bitterness. With total disregard for their voices, these
metal warriors have escalated their voices to compete
against other instruments. Pyramido’s
vocalist Ronnie Kallback is one of those said beasts.
His overwhelming approach is incredible to say the
least. A relentless gruff attack on the music it pairs
up. Kallback did time with the now defunct Burst, but
left in 1996, way before the band acquired its current
darling status.
The rest of
Pyramido also have something in the way of a ‘past’. Drummer
Viktor and guitarist Wendel moonlight in Deathboot, a death
metal grind crust outfit who in 2005 released an EP titled You
Scream in Pain When I Crush Your Balls. Perhaps more known on
this side of the pond is Dan Bengtsson who used to be in
Crowpath.
Sand is Pyramido’s first recording. The style is pretty tacit stoner
doom, with an emphasis on the latter. Pyramido has a powerful
and crushing towering sound. And also a one track mind as the
songs usually don’t vary one bit. There are five songs here, but
at times the arrangements seem to blend within songs. The mood
never changes. The girth of the tunes is invariable. Each tune
varies slightly between slow to mid-tempo and with the exception
of the fast passage on “Calculating Doom”, one would not be
mistaken to confuse the songs. The fatness of the guitar reigns
supreme here. The production is great. I even love the artwork,
but the end result left me a little cold.
Sand
is best when taken in small dosages. This is doom alright, but
past the three song mark the results become a tad dull. It all
turns into a bit of a blur. Confusion ensues. It would be a mistake to ask
for more spice or color. Add more technique? Ahhh, doom is about
the guts, about its impact. Sand overwhelms but because of the
sameness that pervades the recording, not because of the power
as an end result.
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