(8-track mini-album/ CACOPHONOUS)
Here and now, listen up.
You don�t have to go all the way to Scandinavia to hear 6-piece shard-core nutters Roswell. Nope, what you need to do is visit www.cacophonous.com and order a copy of this 8-track mini-album instead - and live out the rest of your mortal days in awe.
The �Cacophonous� label � to which Roswell are indebted - is one of the coolest starting points should you be vainly searching for quality music at its most extreme: this label prides itself on the individual, unconventional and diverse musical aesthetics it stands for with a fist. Recent signings to their books include Scalplock and Unsanctum, while �Cacophonous� (founded in 1993) has previously dealt with the mighty Cradle of Filth.
And you can�t deny that Roswell sound like the latter UK band, or poppy German-metal geniuses Rammstein.
�Void� opens with the frantic �Mist� and neither intensity nor pace slips one bit from there on in, Claudio Marino�s vocals leading the music to the most unsettling of places and back towards �Awakening� and its infallible wall of guitar theatrics. �Carnal Vessel� has operatic diva Eva Heinaste also on tangential vocals to Claudio�s, and this track is one of four that feature various guest vocalists that add intriguing dimension.
This mini-album is the follow-up to 2002�s 6-track beast �The Nothing.� Rampaging out of Sweden back-breaking and hell-bent on global domination, what with 2 full-time guitarists and a separate drummer and percussionist, Roswell�s sound is so vibrant it hurts� and though their swipe at the hardcore metal genre isn�t as original as it could or should be, they are nonetheless so unflinching that in a live situation even Slipknot would be scared. 4/5 (Steve Rudd)
Release Date: October 27th 2003.
www.roswell.se
www.cacophonous.com