News reached me today that Sweden's Memfis have two new songs up on their MySpace page.
Good news indeed, and the new material sounds great.
No better time to share some shit from their first album, The Wind-Up. Upon its release many compared them to Opeth, but to be honest I hear just as much Burst and Gojira in Memfis' twitchy, labyrinthine prog metal soundscaping. One thing that definitely sets them apart from Opeth is the brevity of the songs - no song on The Wind-Up is longer than 5 minutes.
But what do I know? I couldn't play a guitar lick to save my life, so comparing one band to another is hardly my forté. At least I'm not calling them "metalcore" or "melodic Gothenburg metal" like some morons have.
It might just be the crisp, powerful production that reminds me of Gojira, since Memfis has none of the Morbid Angel influences (some would say Morbid Angel rip-offs) of our favorite frog metal heroes. Yes, frog metal is a ligitimate genre, and Gojira is its master. They slap frog metal like a bitch and piss on it.
It's hard to pick out individual tracks from The Wind-Up, since the album at times feels like one long song broken into eleven tracks. So if you for example think Breathless cuts off in the middle of the song, it doesn't. That's just were it transitions into the next track.
I guess you'll just have to buy the album to get the whole experience. And a wonderful experience it is, from start to finish. And just look at that pretty album cover. That's some slick shit.
I also seem to recall having some of Memfis' demos lying around somewhere. I'll upload those too when (and if) I find them.
(mp3) Memfis - Breathless
(mp3) Memfis - Eternal failure (highly recommended!)
(mp3) Memfis - Save the day
Buy The Wind-Up @ Amazon.com.
The video for The Wind-Up:
1 comments:
wow these guys are all over the fuckin place. Love it thanks!
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