OvO are a band from that has been featured before in this zine with musical style that combines black metal, noise rock, doom, death and thrash metal together and this is a review of their 2013 album "Abisso" which was released by Supernatural Cat.
"Harmonia Microcosmica" begins with experimental noise sounds and drones and after a minute drum beats and screams make their way into the song which also leads up to some powerful sounding electronic music elements and after awhile bass guitars start coming into the sound along with some industrial style vocals.
"Tokoloshi" begins with some avant garde noise sounds and then drum beats and synths along with some field recordings and weird sounding vocals start making their way into the song.
"I Cannibali" begins with some powerful bass guitars, drum beats and industrial style sounds which in return leads up to some aggressive sounding vocals.
"A Dream Within A Dream" begins with some drum beats and experimental sound s which lead up to some high pitched screams and then some heavy guitar riffs and experimental synths make their way into the song and towards the end their is a brief use of deeper vocals being utilized.
"Aeneis" begins with some distorted noise effects before adding in some drum beats and bass guitars and then the vocals start kicking in and they utilize some weird sounding elements.
"Harmonia Microcosmica" begins with drum beats and harsh electronic music sounds along with some experimental elements and after a while black metal screams start coming into the song along with some nature sounds and after awhile the music starts going into a more heavier direction and towards the end there is a brie f use of spoken word parts along with some harsh noise elements.
"Abisso" begins with some experimental and electronic music sounds and human torture sound effects which also lead to some screams and harsh noise elements and after awhile t here are some weird sounding female vocals being utilized along with some demonic sounding elements.
"Pandemonio" begins with some high some high pitched screams, heavy guitar and bass riffs along with soem drums before going into a more avant garde direction.
"Ab Uno" begins with some acoustic guitars and a few seconds alter whispered vocals start coming in along with some drum beats which leads up to some industrial sounds and bass guitars and then female vocals start making their presence known.
"Fly Away Demon" begins with some programmed beats and avant garde experimental sounds and then the spoken word and vocals start coming into the song and after awhile you can hear some guitars in the background and after awhile the vocals start adding in some evil sounding screams.
"Flame" begins with some screams and avant garde sounds.
Song lyrics cover dark and poetic themes, while the production h as a very strong, powerful and dark sound while you xan still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording along with a couple of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion this is another recording from OvO and if you are a fan of experimental music with elemetn s of black and doom metal, you should check out t his album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Tokoloshi' "Abisso" "Ab Uno" and "Fly Away Demon". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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