Album Review: Daniel Bohn - Colors of the Land (2021)
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Daniel Bohn – Colors of the Land
Release Date: June
11, 2021
Label: selfrelease
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Length: 71:18
Genre: Prog Metal
Origin: St. Louis, MO, USA
Less than a
year after St. Louis’ Daniel Bohn released his previous full-length
album “The Black & White Sea” the exceptional artist from
Missouri is back with more than an hour of modern, progressive, and harsh metal
sound. First omens of “Colors of the Land” were the ex-ante singles ‘The Khan’ (January), ‘Arachnid’s Web’ (February), and ‘The Heart of Whales’ (April). The album “Colors of the
Land” contains nine tracks of which at least four can be called longtracks. The
opulent ‘Infinite Forest’ with its running time of over 13 minutes is by far
the longest title.
If you knew
Daniel Bohn before, you may have a certain idea of what to expect on
“Colors of the Land”. The artist creates artistic soundscapes made from Prog
Metal and Modern Metal with a certain Post Rock twist in the more atmospheric
passages. Following this recipe, Daniel Bohn builds huge sonic
constructs by using versatile and sophisticated structures for his songs. The
track ‘Void in the Mountain’ is a useful example for telling how Bohn
builds up tension and increases force over th time of a song. The vocals change
between Death Metal growls, rough shouts, and clean voice. The latter do not
always fit the musical environment, or at least they do not completely fit my
personal taste. Nevertheless, “Colors of the Land” is a powerful representation
of soulful, intelligent, and brachial music likewise.
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