Asura - Eternal (Review)

Band Asura is a mixed phenomenon. On the one side, they are difficult to call somehow unambiguously. On the other side - if you listen carefully and analyze composer's work, then it's difficult to find something very interesting.

My Rating: 63/100

Source: asuraofficial.info

However, for 4 years of their existence, they have proven themselves as a good project. And if earlier it was something incomprehensible, then in this release it is metal with atypical inserts. Progress is noticeable and it pleases. And recently a new album was released.

In this album, the overall structure is very heterogeneous and here it's the main feature. In one song, we hear a speed / power metal (2, 8 tracks), in the other - patterns that are typical for nu-metal, but on a standard E tuning (3 tracks), slightly strengthened hard-n-heavy with an industrial synthesizer and drum machine (4, 6 tracks), typical hard-n-heavy (9 track), typical heavy / power (5 track) and even melodic instrumental composition at high speed (7 tracks). And this song is finished with a piano song. This album controls the listener's emotions from beginning to end and this is evidence in favor of good composer's work.

But composer's work is strange. That is, here the work is done well, but there are several incompatible things. The first is a common standard thinking - here within three chords. The second is desire to diversify the sound in general (different patterns), as well as in specific cases (with the help of drum machines and synthesizers). That is, the composer wanted to make the album sound good and popular at the same time. So does not happen. It's a pity that the composer did not understand this.

Vocalist's tasks look more real. There is a lot of different sound on this album and vocalist copes with it perfectly. No quickie - here you can hear only excellent abilities.

Instrumental parts also performed well. But there are a few strange synthesizer inserts and drum machine. If, for example, in 2 and 8 tracks, the synthesizer inserts look quite logical, then why do it in tracks 4 and 6? The number of questions is more than the number of answers. Guitarist also has a lot of different parts. But there is nothing complicated. Also there is nothing difficult in the bassist's parts. And drummer has a standard set of rhythms: standard pop music drumming, standard heavy metal drumming, blast beat, booty camp beat.

This release aims to influence emotions - it turned out perfectly. But apart from influencing emotions, you need something else. Unfortunately, nothing more the composer and sound designer could offer. This greatly spoils the impression of the album. Well, I hope for them it will be just the beginning of something interesting.