Single Review: Evil Saints - Siege of Caffa (2020)
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Release: September 11, 2020
Label: selfrelease
Format: Digital
Length: 07:33
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Origin: Phoenix (Arizona), USA
Isaac (guitar, bass, vocals) and Reade (drums, vocals) are Evil Saints. The Arizonan duo's second single "Siege of Caffa" is a seven-minute grooving Death and Thrash Metal attrition. The self-recorded and self-released single deals with the first use of biological weapons known to historians. The municipality of Caffa is nowadays known as Feodossija and can be found on the peninsula of Crimea.
The song could use some more variation in my opinion. Given the fact that it is rather long, it appears a little monotonous. Might be, this is a stylistic device to emphasize the horrorrs of the siege. But especially when you listen to the song more than once in a row, it is pretty hard to tell whether you listened to it twice, thrice or even more often.
A heavily grooving riff is mincing its way through the song. It receives some light alterations every then and when and gets interrupted by some Black Metal staccati twice. Per se, that's all pretty good. If it just wasn't so monotonous. "Siege of Caffa" is definitely a good track for the road or for background sonication.
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By the way, I listened to Evil Saints' first single "Olga", too. This one is a lot more dynamic than "Siege of Caffa" but also could use some more variety in songwriting. I am nevertheless excited for the full EP which will hopefully release in late September. Let's see what else the duo has provided for us.
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