REVIEW: HIDDEN - SPECTRAL MAGNITUDE

 

HIDDEN - SPECTRAL MAGNITUDE (Red Stream Recs. , 2002)

Produced by Hidden

Tracks: 1- Hidden (Unknown and Nameless); 2- Formation of the Universe; 3- Ice Crust of Wek; 4- Geochemical primates; 5-Time As Eternity IN the Cosmos; 6- A Bounded Span of Time; 7- Macronucleus Chromosome; 8- Spectral Magnitude; 9- Supercluster

Here we have a band with a lot of changes (each tracks is completely different from the other going from extremely fast death metal to slower and calm passages almost doom in some places). Hidden seems to be obsessed with outer space as they show it on the lyrics of this CD and in all the artwork contained on the booklet. The guitars are complex and play from faster one note riffs to clean arpeggios that are the key feature on this CD and construct the different atmospheres that the listener can feel within each of the songs. The singer is brutal and gives a deathly feeling to all the songs with his screaming and whispering vocals. The mix is a little bit low for my taste and I think that this guys should mix the guitars a little bit louder and have the snare drum sound a little bit more fat in order to achieve a better result. The rhythm part of the band is really solid and helps the rest of the band to develope their style which is a great combination of brutality and good arrangements.

Favorite tracks: All the CD is amazing because of the change of atmospheres and feelings.

Contact: www.redstream.org