HYBRIDISM „Hybridism”

Self-released, 2018

Music: Djent Metal / Instrumental Metal / Progressive Metal

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/hybridismband/

https://hybridism.bandcamp.com/releases

Duration: 31:17 minutes (6 tracks)

Country: Belgium

Initially, HYBRIDISM began to pulsate with life as a one-man project. When the line-up was expanded to include other musicians, the band began arranging their music in a traditional approach, i.e. with vocals. However, eventually the musicians decided to throw up the function of a singer and they focused only on instrumental composing. And the result is the first album.

I have the impression that in the second decade of the 21st century there was a boom for progressive instrumental-djent Metal playing. Lovers of this type of music are usually musicians themselves, because understanding such a complex and virtuoso and heavy music is quite difficult. The enormity of technically complicated musical themes used in the music makes the music is not easy to receive and very often there is lack an important factor which most listeners are looking for – a vocal (which verbalizes matters important to the recipient and it is a carrier of various emotions). However, did in classical music, known composers such as Vivaldi, Paganini, Mozart, Bach and others need lyrics and vocals to feel a music, and to be carried away by emotions and to understand it? That was a rhetorical question…

Of course, HYBRIDISM music is virtuoso, technically complicated, polyrhythmic, polyphonic and changeable, but it can still emotionally move you. It is not soulless. In places it is even very moody, atmospheric, sometimes cosmic and even in style of Ambient.

The low-tuned guitars and a specific way of accenting the sounds creates it as heavy and very dynamic, sometimes even crushing music. And the solo parts create many melodies, often energizing, often melancholic and even catchy, even if the background of the melodic line is very concentrated and complicated. Sometimes this music can hit hard, and at other times even it can smooth you.

HYBRIDISM combines the instrumental themes of Progressive Metal and Post Rock merged with Djent’s solder.

Well, with such complicated and diversified rhythms it is difficult to knock the rhythms with your hand or foot while listening, but it is hard to resist. This music agitates!

Tracklist:

Nova
Animal has led us
Resilience
Glitch
Anomalies
Delirium feat. Tomas Raclavsky

Line-up:

Jeffrey Ricaille – Guitars

Alex Kaupp – Guitars

Marc Muller – Bass

Lucas Billon – Drums

Rate: 8.0/10