My
third installment in the Dhampyr series takes us back to cassette, after previously
we visited a cassette and then compact disc.
“Withdrawals & Candy Heavens” opens up powerfully with a growl and
it reminds me of metalcore. It’s
somewhere between Fall Silent, Every Time I Die and A Perfect Murder.
As
we go through Side A, there are some horror movie screams, kind of like a
Wilhelm scream (The Hollywood type, not the punk band) and even some slower,
sort of stoner riffs and mumbled speaking parts. This all does eventually bring us back (on
Side A still) to some pained screams. I
remember when I got a Ferretstyle sampler once on CD- though I don’t quite
remember how I got it- and I loved every band on there, especially
Skycamefalling. Side A of this
cassette reminds me of why I loved that sampler so much and how nice of a fit
Dhampyr would be, and here we are, what, ten plus years later.
Side
B is a faster, heavier version of Side A.
It’s distorted metal. It reminds
me of the Nine Inch Nails song “March of the Pigs” and I just people flying
around on stage, crashing through instruments like a Darkest Hour set. It also needs to be noted on this side that
the drumming is just amazing. It really
is truly one of the highlights of this cassette, and that’s saying a lot
because this whole cassette is a highlight reel.
So
as of right now, Dhampyr has gone three for three with me so I highly doubt I
would dislike anything by this artist.
This just proves that if you happen upon one of these releases or
another by Dhampyr and you enjoy it then, yes, you too must go out and- to
borrow a phrase from Pokemon- collect them all.
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