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Sidewalk Mafia are a band from Finland that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of black, doom and gothic metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Soulcrushers" which will be released in September by Sliptrick Records.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while the slower sections of the songs also bring in elements of doom metal. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the vocals also bringing in a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams and shouts can also be heard at times.
When guitar solos and leads are utilzied they are also done in a very melodic gothic metal style while keyboards are also added on some of the tracks. Clear singing is also added into certain sections of the album along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Clean playing and acoustic guitars are also introduced on a few songs and when the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can be heard along with most of the album sticking to either a slow or mid tempo direction as well as a couple of tracks also being very long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Sidewalk Mafia and if you are a fan of black, doom and gothic metal, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACSK INCLUDE "Soulcrushers" "Hummingbird" "Bad Karma Zombies" and "When We Dance". 8 out of 10.
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