4 piece death-doom metal | dark metal from Ukraine.
Tectum is a region of the brain should you be too lazy to google (I know I had to find out what it was), and this is their first full-length album.
Scorn Greed Damn opens with an interesting guitar effect and gets down to business quickly. These vocals have a truly savage feel to them. Burning passion is next with heavy riffs, with some quirky changes that are nearly treading Mr. Bungle’s territory. There is no denying what they’re about though, and I love the simple lead and guitar effect over those overpowered rhythms.
These guys have a well-equipped bag of tricks. A Liar among us starts with a quieter intro and guitar, some keyboard, and emotive vocals for a quite dramatic feel. A poem about the lost past begins with a soaring lead and develops into a grinding beast.
Splitted soul is a brooding piece, and the whispering intro to Autumn sets up the pounding beats perfectly. It’s alive takes us to what would be called the B side back in the day, and while this is where the weaker material on an album generally resides, Tectum has decided instead to step the intensity up a notch here. Wolf pounds away from the get-go, with surprisingly melodic vocals, and you never know quite what to expect with every song. His melodic voice is actually quite pleasing to the ear which not too many bands around this genre can say. A very solid first full-length album.
Tectum: Facebook
Release Year: 2013
Label: self-released
Category: Album
Country: Ukraine
Reviewed by Matt
