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| ...showing a mastery of shouting harmonic savagery, knowing with precision when and how much to include... ...eastern ambience mixed into a sophisticated and intricate tinkering... ...creating such a captivating atmosphere that it should never end... |
| I am so
delighted about reviewing this EP. It is not often I am genuinely bowled over by a
band and the last time I felt like this was with Severance, but these five geezers from
Wimbledon, London have managed that special something. Since I first heard a couple
of mp3's from their previous Shels EP (Orchids
and Chameleon) and it was confirmed with the bythewaters EP, I knew this was going to work for me. Muted elsewhere as the new earthtone9, Mahumodo produce an incredibly different style of metal, a style that I find hard to compare so I invented one, Progcore. There are three songs on display here, three creative and momentous portrayals of euphony. It's refreshing and invigoratingly mature, it's gentle and yet powerful, it's not versus and chorus, not sentences, not paragraphs, but chapters, passages, soundscapes of music. Don't let me get you thinking this is some sort of self-indulgent bilge, because that couldn't be further from the truth, this is barbaric melody crafted into a mesmerising enchantment. There is aggression when it required, showing a mastery of shouting harmonic savagery, knowing with precision when and how much to include. There is an eastern ambience mixed into a sophisticated and intricate tinkering, producing sounds that wash over you, creating such a captivating atmosphere that it should never end. |
