CYPHOSIS Gods torned Review

CYPHOSIS (Finland) – Gods torned
CD 2008 – Self released
10 tracks - 41'04
Rated: 4,5/10
A finnish band playing some melodeath that's quite unusual for me as I usually expect death metal or even uncompromising black metal. These guys are into the Gothenburp style, the glorious days of IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILITY or SOILWORK. Not that it's completely bad, but nothing exciting really. They play a blend of heavy/death/thrash metal with nice melodies, cool solos, modern riffing somtimes to make you groove baby and even some brutality, but nothing to shock Grandma brutal death. CYPHOSIS isn't the worst melodic death metal band, it's just that I'm not too much into that style. They have cool moments but also some more lame ones. They have a balance between growls (really powerful) and clean vocals (these last ones remind me SENTENCED something between « Amok » and « Frozen » era). If you're into that kind of stuff it could be an interesting purchase, but CYPHOSIS is far from causing any metallic cirrhosis.....
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