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Adarrak - "Ex Oriente Lux" - Reviewed By WOM! Sunday August 29 2021, 11:42 AM

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Adarrak - "Ex Oriente Lux" - Reviewed By WOM ! Check it out here at this link: https://worldofmetalmag.com/wom-reviews-despising-age-catharsis-burial-invocation-graven-maul-baalberith-decapitated-ravens-creed-adarrak/

We saw another musical debut. This time, it emerges from the distant lands of Singapore and the Adarrak trio. "Ex Oriente Lux" is the name of the work in question and falls within the grand universe of death metal, although in a very specific nod. The sound of this album is an epic and melodic-oriented and more thought-out nature, that is, it is not a constant explosion of aggression and random "noise". This work has a very unusual exploratory nature, since if we were to listen to each of their tracks separately, we would hardly say they all belong to the same set of songs. In other words, and in order to exemplify, this is an album that is as brutal as it is in more melancholy mode with its cleanest vocals. I believe that this is what the opinions about this album have been divided. The melodic parts occasionally recall less inspiration and less motivation on the part of those who listen to them. So it's a good album with its obstacles.

7/10
Fernando Ferreira - WOM

Release Date: May 27, 2021

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Adarrak is a Singapore based death metal band showcasing a mixture of established ( Headcrusher, Norse, The Amenta, Dispiteous, Sol de Sangre, Somnium Nox ) and emerging musicians that are both local and global. Formed in 2016, their debut album Ex Oriente Lux , released in May 2021, was mixed and mastered by the one and only Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios and in his own words: “ Adarrak is truly progressive since they are not afraid to implement all kinds of metal into the mix, anything from epic leads to insane blast parts”
Ex Oriente Lux boasts guest appearances by Marty Friedman of Megadeth fame as well as other local musicians ( Üllermach, Boxchild ). For fans of the extreme yet progressive with a touch of the Gothenburg sound.