Single Review: Takatak - Volition (2020)
Picture Credit: Takatak Artwork: Acid Toad Takatak - Volition Release: June 19, 2020 Label: Gasmask Holocaust Records Format: Digital Length: 06:38 Genre: Progressive Metal / Djent Origin: Lahore , Pakistan "Volition" is the third (or fourth?) single promoting the upcoming album "Acrophase" by Lahore's Prog Metal / Djent band Takatak. For one, I am really happy that another blind spot in my musical atlas has been erased. I have not heard Pakistani Metal before. Takatak play high-quality Prog. The music is heavy, intelligent, melodic, and absolutely stunning. Giant wave of progressive themes raise up and gush down with beautiful harmonies. Melodic slide-ins make it even more interesting and add to the chequered soundscape of heavy riffing and shifted rhythms. Takatak are Daud Ramay and Yusuf Ramay (drums), Isa Najam (bass), Zain Peerzada and Luka Azariah (guitars), and Ali Sohail and Altamash Sever (vocals). The band was founded 10 years ...