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Sol Ether - I : Golden Head - Reviewed By Metal Division Magazine! Thursday December 8 2022, 3:21 PM

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Sol Ether - I : Golden Head - Reviewed By Metal Division Magazine ! check it out here at this link: https://www.metal-division-magazine.com/cd-reviews/cd-reviews-s/sol-ether-i-golden-head/

SOL ETHER play Death Metal! Brutal, melodic - everything your heart desires. Otherwise, the highest directive is to deliver fat songs. And that's what SOL ETHER has done admirably. Eight strong tracks of the finest Death Metal fodder, of which I would also like to highlight a few. For example, there is the melodic opener "Spire of Fate", which for me is not a song but rather an introduction to the album. the wrecking ball title track "Unyielding Yew", a mighty mix of pounding and monstrous mid-tempo called "Golden Head" or the wide-screen riff massacre "Freedom" that closes the record.

SOL ETHER certainly don't reinvent the wheel, but they are varied, both in the melody structure and in the use of the vocals and in the tempo juggling. In this way, however, more space is created for atmosphere. It's amazing how SOL ETHER churn out one cool song after another. - Metal Division Magazine

Release Date: July 10, 2022

FFO: Enslaved, Bathory, Behemoth, Morbid Angel, Amorphis, Celtic Frost, Paradise Lost, Dismember

Location: Boston, USA

US based crawling Death/Doom act enters the landscape of Iron Age barbarism with an impressive, lengthy release, heavily inspired by Celtic mythology. Sol Ether was created out of pure (lucky) coincidence, from a drunken run-in at a concert venue. It took six years for the band to complete the metamorphosis - grow and shrink, and then erect the mighty colossus that is "I : Golden Head." Musically, the album offers a solid 45 minutes of epic, slow-paced Death Metal, in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Winter, and embraces occasional intermissions with traces of luxurious pathos, orchestration, and an abundance of Death/Doom hooks.

The guitar riffs and tone will churn the guts of any down-tuned, chugging groove lover, accompanied by deep, growling vocals and unholy shrieks, reminiscent of Incantation. The rhythm section hits sepulchral notes, with a heavy, buried bass and clanging drums. Overall, the band manages to keep a fine-tuned balanced between their raw power and a surprisingly good production.

Remaining quite mysterious, Sol Ether managed to draw recent attention in the scene - and deservingly so. With their classy strain of reeking death-madness, the band is primed to reach the heights of Metal's Pantheon.

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