Self-released, 2018
Music: Progressive Metal / Djent Metal / Instrumental Metal
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/scoredatura/
https://scoredatura.bandcamp.com/
Duration: 1:03 minutes (9 tracks)
Country: Australia
The first thing to pop in my mind when someone says Progressive metal is honestly, the 10 min long songs that have 5 min intro buildup. I’m not at all a patient listener, after all that’s why I mostly prefer Hardcore Punk and Mathcore. But in the case of Scoredatura, my story is different. This Australian progressive metal band have been haunting my CD player for the past days with their well crafted “Djazz” album entitled Honest Oblivion. So, for Honest Oblivion I’m planning on giving an honest and an unbiased review.
First of all, here are some reasons why you should buy this album. Scoredatura is not one of those bands that write bland and stereotypical music. Their music is original and uses none of the “br00tal” riffs. Their sound is more matured and involves a lot of structure. For instance, the opening track, Kanangra is multi-layered and has a lot of elements going into it. The song itself has a ton of *good* riffs and on top of that, it has a lot of solos. This shows the band’s seriousness in writing music. Unlike most of the bands nowadays, Scoredatura is not that band that devise one riff and play the same riff over and over again with different tempo, they write new riffs. This song in particular has groovy riffs punched with jazz influenced solos that sort of mingle well.
Not only Kanangra that sounds original. The entire album is packed with surprises like the mid mark of the song Big Blind where you will find a unexpectedly great solo(Spoiler!) Or like the punchy melodic riff of Always the Same. Everything is perfect as it is. Nothing requires any modification. Let’s just skim through the pluses,
1. Complex compositions with a little to no stereotypical elements
2. Lit Solos
3. Groovy and catchy riffs
4. Technical yet not wanky
5. Progressive yet on point.
That being said the only minus that I have is that, the band try to be very experimental and at times one might get puzzled with their transitions. Like I said before, I’m not a big fan of longer songs-but I got calm to listen the album till end. Yet, I can’t sit through the 7 minute tracks again. However, I’m damn sure all the progsnobs will worship this album. Can’t wait till these guys drop yet another complex album. Are we in for a Math metal influenced Prog metal album next time around guys?….
Line-up:
Tim Firth: Drums
Jake Howsam Lowe: Guitar
Peter Koopman: Guitar
Tom Botting: Bass
Track List:
1. Kanangra
2. Always the Same
3. Malign in Line
4. Big Blind
5. Asilon
6. Must Just
7. Brookie Hill
8. Nae
9. Honest Oblivion
Rate: 8.5/10
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