Gods Tower/Mirrors And Echoes/Earth And Sky Productions/2020 Compilation Review

 

  Gods  Tower  are  a  band  from  Belarus  that  has  had  music  reviewed  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  progressive  mixture  of  pagan,  black,  doom  and  folk  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2020  compilation  album  "Mirrors  And  Echoes"  which  was  released  by  Earth  And  Sky  Productions.

  Epic  sounding  synths  start  off  the  compilation  and  also  mixes  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  music  at  times.  When  guitar  solos  are  utilized  they  are  also  done  in  a  very  melodic  style  while  the  slower  sections  of  the  songs  also  add  in  elements  of  doom  metal  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Influences  of  folk  music  can  also  be  heard  at  times  while  the  riffs  also  add  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody.  Vocals  are  done  in  more  of  an  aggressive  yet  semi  melodic  pagan  style  along  with  some  of  the  tracks  also  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  they  also  bring  in  some  Nokturnal  Mortem  and  Bathory  covers.

  At  times  the  music  also  gets  very  progressive  sounding  along  with  the  compilation  also  adding  in touches  of  black  metal  in  certain  sections  of  the  tracks  as  well  as  one  song  also  being  influenced  by  thrash  metal,  as  the  compilation  progresses  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  and  acoustic  guitars  can  also  be  heard  and  the  compilation  also  closes  with  4  live  songs  and  all  of  the  music  also  sticks  to  either  a  slow  or  mid  tempo  direction.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Paganism  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  a  very  great  sounding  collection  from  Gods  Tower  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  pagan,  black,  doom,  folk  and  progressive  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  compilation.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Roll  Out"  "The  Field  Of  The  Dead"  "Heroes  Die  Young"  and   "Earth,  Wind,  Fire  And  Blood".  8  out  of  10.

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Gods Tower/The Eerie/MetalAgen/1997 CD Review

  Gods Tower are a band from Belarus that plays a mixture of black, doom and pagan metal and this is a review of their 1997 album "The Eerie" which was released by MetalAgen Records.

Drums range from slow to mid paced drumming with not much in the way of fast playing or blast beats with some percussion being thrown in at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars and at times they sound very powerful, as for the keyboards they bring a very dark and atmospheric feeling to the music, in addition there is a brief use of violins that bring a very dark and poetic feeling to the music.

Rhythm guitars are slow to mid paced riffs that combine doom, black, and pagan metal together and they utilize a lot of melodic riffing, while the lead guitars are very dark and melodic sounding guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic and classical guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking and full chords to bring a folk music feeling to the music.


Vocals range from clean singing, raspy vocals, deep death metal growls and high pitched black metal screams and there are some spoken word passages being utilized briefly , while the lyrics cover paganism and Battlefields, as for the production it has a very dark, raw, heavy and powerful sound.


In my opinion this was a great album from Gods Tower that mixed black, doom, pagan and melodic metal together and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band and album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Reign Of Silence" and "Till Death Do Us Part". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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