AVERSION-Self Titled EP
- By Aeonis
- Jul 22, 2015
- 3 min read
Aversion is a Black Metal band from Canada, and so what right? OK the first thing that comes to mind is the band Ancient and young old fashion Satyricon. Hearing Aversion for the first time, made me reminisce about old school Black Metal from the glory days of when Black Metal was melodic and creative.
OK so production on this is awesome, so what does that mean in the world of Black Metal? Well all of the instruments are at the same level, they are clearly deciphered and no one overpowers the other. The music complements one another, and the Black Metal influences with tempo changes from a thrash era are so carefully intertwined that it gives you that change that you want with Black Metal.
The Production sounds very reminiscent of a home studio production level with few if any available plug in options. This means that the artists had to really have talent to bring about a nice sounding CD by bringing their talent forward instead of relying on the studio engineer to make them sound great. The guitars are very melodic with beautiful tremolo picking throughout the songs which vary the harmonies with one another and they vary the notes throughout their measures which is why it is such a good CD to listen to. The drums on "Flesh of the Maggot" were fantastic. A perfect degree of complexity from measure to measure that
makes you want to listen to the CD at least twice within your first purchase and then many more times after that, just to hear the varying guitar harmonies and drums fills. The bass was low but audible and really brings the songs together. Remember Early In Flames and Dimmu Borgir? Remember their early sound, it is almost a 1995-1997 style of playing that Aversion is able to reproduce. However, I know that I give other bands a lot of heat for replicating an old sound, but this is only because other bands actually replicate the sound and are not very creative within their own song structure, Aversion is very creative and makes you want to listen to every song. You know when you get a new CD there is like 2-3 good songs, well Aversion has 8 songs and 8 good songs. Again, I can remember those old days when Black Metal bands were coming out with 10 songs CDs and they had 10 good songs. Well Aversion is able to bring back a good sound with really nice melodic Black Metal, although they say that they are slight thrash also and I did not notice this as much.
The vocals are beautifully executed in high pitch cries , you know in that typical Black Metal voice. The female voice really captures the rasp of the vocal sorrow and decay, but there are not enough depth in the vocals which comes from a deeper baritone. The solo parts that are present in so few of the songs are poorly performed and amateur at best.
Moving forward, what they should do is just bring in one of their friends from another band to perform guest solos on their songs, or maybe just practice a little more, sorry I meant a lot more, in order to learn how to solo. Remember soloing does not have to be fast, but in the least perfectly executed with appropriate scale structure and precision (for goodness sake, it is a solo).
Towards the end you might be tired of listening to Black Metal, but if you are staring into a forest, a cemetery, or overlooking a mountain then this is exactly what you need to listen to, and it is inspiring as a musician, it makes me think that Black Metal is not dead. But for the future Aversion could have added a little reverb on their songs to create an ambient sound scape reminiscent of the early Black Metal days. Additionally, they need to have an atmospheric track to cut the intense Black Metal sound that wears on the ears after listening to Black Metal for too long. Well for those Black Metal fans out there this is a 4 out of 5 CD and you will like it just bypass the poorly performed attempts at a solo, and give these guys a break after all Black Metal is not really known to have produced the most talented solo guitar plays as much as the 80's. 4 out of 5 guitar picks.
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