Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Stone Magnum/Self Titled/R.I.P Records/2012 CD Review


  Stone  Magnum  are  a  band  from  Indiana  that  plays  a  very  traditional  form  of  old  school  doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  titled  2012  album  which  was  released  by  R.I.P  Records.

  Drums  are  all  slow  with  some  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  along  with  some  mid  paced  traditional  sounding  old  school  doom  metal  riffs  with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark,  melodic  and  old  school  sounding  doom  metal/hard  rock  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  some  more  epic  qualities  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  traditional  doom  metal  vocals  with  some  rougher  elements  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  evil  and  personal struggle  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  dark,  heavy,  powerful,  professional  and old  school  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  a  couple  of  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Stone  Magnum  are  a  very  great  sounding  traditional  doom  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Fallen  Priest"  "Pictures  Of  Your  Life"  and  "Am  I  Really  Insane".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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