| CD REVIEW Ashent |
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Band : Ashent The band Ashent is a newcomer on the Italian scene, Deconstructive being their second effort. According to the promotional information, this band is different from the rest of the Italian scene, offering techno-thrash elements, some melodic death references and gothic atmospheres. Well, in a world where this is standard, especially in the Italian scène, I have a hard time seeing how this is new or special? Their vocalist is a good singer, but oh boy, does he sound uninspired. His performance is without any spark of fire… Ashent’s music never totally descends into failure, it's just that it never really ascends into spellbinding greatness either. Being technically able to perform and having a few interesting parts is just not good enough, with so much great music out there. Though not a terrible record, you could use your hard earned money on a lot of better things. 68/100 Peter Brems. |