Almost like a (Daily) Dew
This title
belongs to the big group of tapes I got from Joel Morales through the countless
trades in the past. It has arrived without my order, being just another thing
from the land of Mexico. And at once it intrigued me: strange band’s name and
album’s title (try to spell it after fifth beer…), almost fairy front cover
that should be proper for any Narnia-like tale. The opening track can lead
someone into error, it’s a good tune for atmospheric or gothic outfit,
fortunately “Seven Caves” blows it out. And yes, the whole can be described as
death metal with melodic fragments done by means of some acoustic parts of
guitars or keyboards, appearing in almost every track. The base here is rather
fast tempo (but no blasts), riffs are expressive, sometimes catchy and
supported by crushing, almost leading, bass lines occasionally, but as compared
to melodic death crews from Gothenburg, the Mexicans are simply more brutal and
ruthless.
If the
realization of sound is concerned, I’d like to write it completely prepensely,
as the whole is very similar to… “Prehispanic Beg” executed by Xipe Totec, even
the cartoon-like drums (although I’m not surprised because one guy Jose Luis
Ledezma Fernandez is responsible for that…). But the name of Mexica eulogists
refers to music itself as well. I would say, it is not a surprise again, take a
look on the line-up, two members of Xipe (Martin Martinez and Pablo Hernandez)
are involved in Dew of Nothing. Granted, those musical similarities are
obstacle to give “Doubleueird” more than good mark. All right, just take a
listen to “Proud of Damned” with the riffs reminding me “Tzompantli”, or lead
guitar part from “Nightmare’s Lake” very much the same as from the second lead
of the title “Prehispanic Beg”. Or “Art upon Perception of Time” except for an interesting
intro and acoustics. However I cannot say that this album is a copy. As
compared to “Prehispanic Beg”, it is not so crude and bestial, without
excursions to the Nahuatl world, with different appoggiatura I have just
mentioned above that lead the band into something different. And for sure one
track “Intruder and Holy Hate” shows a bit diverse face with clear signs of its
own identity. Well, “Doubleueird” isn’t a title I listen to every week, yet of
course I have still in my mind this release. Not an exceptional for Mexican
scene, but a decent slab of death.
Released by
a small label (tape by Toaj Records and cd by Sempiternal Productions), this
title came to naught I guess. The scene was overcrowded, even in Mexico, by the
bands performing such a genre. As the last breath, the band managed to record
one more Ep and split up at last. The musical pause has been lasting 13 years
and Dew of Nothing has been born again in 2014. With different line-up, with
new label, with new great (I hope) ideas as the band brings another full-length
this year. So, let’s see what “Outsider” is all about…
- Tlacaxipehualiztli
(written in October, 2015)
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