DITHERAMB (Crushed to Dust)

Reviewed by paredafoe on (Sunday, April 16, 2006) Rated 7.4 / 10
Category Rating
Track Structure 8
Interest 7
Melody 7
Performance 8
Lyrics 7
Enjoyment 8
Recording Quality 7
Commercial Appeal 7
Overall 7.4

Now Ditheramb hail from Austalia which is good as two of my favourite artists of all time are from there, Midnight Oil, and INXS.  So thats a good start :o)

For a metal track this starts quietly with some nice guitar leading into Steves' excellent vocals, which are joined by the drums, and then lead onto a crescendo of the group kicking in.  This gives way again to the more subtle music, which continues throughout the track to good effect.  I like songs that add feeling and the highs and low, add to it.

One thing that does stand out with Ditheramb compaired to other metal groups, it is that they put high importance on melody, and tune, instead of thinking the more noise the better.

The whole sound and feel of the track reminded me for some reason of The Almighty from when they started out.  All in all a top effort, and I shall be listening to more of their stuff.

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