Album Review: Steps of Odessa - Obsidian Skies (2020)
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Steps of Odessa - Obsidian Skies
Release: August 07, 2020
Label: selfrelease
Format: Digital
Length: 30:44
Genre: Metalcore / Djent
Origin: Orlando (Florida), USA
Fasten your seatbelts, a storm is a-coming. Steps of Odessa, probably neighbours of Disney World and Universal Studios, have released their first longplayer "Obsidian Skies". Three years ago the band premiered with their EP "Wasteland", now they're shooting their aggressive and progressive Metalcore at us again.
The recipe Steps of Odessa work with contains stomping Metalcore with harsh breaks, a strong impact by Djent, plenty of atmospheric synthesizers beneath the rough surface, and anger. Certain proportions of Math Rock can be spotted, but I would rather say, there are several Math Rock motifs while the majority of the album is defined byMetalcore.
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The band exhibit's their whole talent on the track 'Clouds'. Introduced by the piano prelude 'Ascension' this song covers the whole spectrum from jazzy interludes, brutal breaks, heavily rolling and interrupted riffs and inteligent use of the spacy synthies. In the title track which opens the album, on the other hand, I find those features a little unformed.
It is definitely fun listening to this band who might be on the verge to finding their very unique style. Keep up with the good work! I sense the sophomore full-length release to become a wrecking ball turning both Prog Metal and Metalcore upside down.
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