Unsigned: Six Stage Suicide – Odium (demo cd)

http://www.sixstagesuicide.20m.com

WOW! How can this lot be unsigned? Their material is so good they should be competing with other top metal bands. I was blown away by this demo, which contains 5 tracks of quality stuff. The first track is ‘You Can Bleed’, which is a great start. A rolling drum (Darren), creeping bass (Rob), then the all assault blast of guitars (Chris and Taff), a great metal vocalist (Marf) and you’ve got a great metal track. But with the second track ‘What I Cannot See’, you can see there’s so much more than just a straightforward metal band. Here we have a slower tempo, but still all the players doing a good job. Elements of it reminding me of the Stone Temple Pilots, they pull this off really well. ‘Sickbag’ is good but typical metal. However ‘Tragic Dream’ is brilliant, this lot can definitely write a good tune. ‘Not Our Day’, the final tune is the sort of song that is going to lift them above the common metal band; it all seems so effortless like they’ve been doing it for years. This lot really will be going places. Its great metal, spliced with great tunes and lots of creative energy.  I’m looking forward to hearing an album already. See them now, and get hold of their demo before this lot are massive!!

Paul Cocker