SATYROS „A Day of Rain”

Music: Melodic Black Death Metal
Website: www.myspace.com/satyrosband
Duration: 19:30 minutes (4 songs)
Country: Germany

Promo CD “And Day of Rain” contains 4 of 13 works for the second full album of German heavy-metalheads from SATYROS. The information about the team shows that their music earlier was in climates of black-metal. However the present compositions began inclining to classic metal arrangements. And really these four works possess features of heavy-metal and even melodious death-metal and by the way don't lose their black-metal roots (it we can notice e.g. thanks to logo of team).

Listening “And Day of Rain” we encounter very melodious and melancholy compositions presented in pretty predatory style with the paces usually well-kept in average rhythms. In the music I clearly hear that the spirit of black-metal did not get lost because the spirit mainly manifests itself by the vocal and the sound of guitars as well as by riffs structure. And the additional sounds of keys together with the melodious riffs of guitars give the tone of mysticism, ill-boding darkness as well as nostalgia. Moreover the many guitar solos possess heavy-metal accents, and some riffs structures also come from clan of Goteborg reminding accomplishments of IN FLAMES, AT THE GATES, DARK TRANQUILLITY or non-existent CEREMONIAL OATH.

These all interventions enriched arrangements and made the music more spatial, although the sound of guitars is a little muffled. Despite of all – SATYROS has potential.

note: 8.5/10

Tracklist

Purify
Moments Of Mine
Traumhallen
Lost In Grey

Line-up

Andreas Reinauer – Guitars & Bass & Programming
Andre Bradtka – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Mathias Muller – Vocals