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Artist..................... Solus
Album.................. Slave of Mind
Release year...................... 1996
Music style................... Technical death metal,
Audio file/bitrate................. MP3 320 kbit/s
Type of archive.......... .rar AND .zip
Origin................ Canada
Song's language............. English
Artist's website...http://none
List of songs:
Solus Slave of Mind (1996) Solus originated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1995. They were signed to Skinmask Productions. The band has split-up. Last known line-up Neal Busby - Drums (Slik Toxik) John Fenton - Bass Derek Harnanansingh - Guitar Will Korbut - Vocals There are quite a few bands with the name Solus, BUT none like this! Frenetic, relentless in-your-face drums. Unexpected sometimes off-beat (in a good way) changes bridges. Very heavy vocals guitars! To obtain the full Solus impact effect, it is recommended that these releases be played at a higher volume level than normal. It is also recommended they be played in order of release. Also released the track "Defensive Personalities" on Tribute to Death-Compilation 'Demonic Plague' by Dwell Records in 1999.
REVIEW written by ex-staffer JD Provorse of GlobalDomination.se. While spinning through “Slave of Mind”, the debut record from Toronto’s Solus, one thing will gradually dawn on you: there’s not a single guitar lead or solo on the entire record. While this is not utterly unheard of in metal music, it will certainly come as a shock to anyone who heard their second album first, as I did. Another thing you will notice, though, is that there are riffs galore on “Slave of Mind” and they come from all over the place. There are Testament riffs here; Fear Factory and Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse and Machine Head and Death riffs; even a Meshuggah riff. And I’m not talking from song to song, I’m talking within songs. Guitarist Derek Harnanansingh proves he’s not just a one-trick pony in the riff game, and demonstrates a broad range of influences and abilities. There’s not a deep well of technicality in his riffing, but you won’t be able to touch bottom either. Bassist Doug Regan does the standard metal bass thing, doubling the guitar parts about 95% of the time. He’s capable, he just comes across as one of many guys playing bass in metal bands who’d rather be playing second guitar. Drummer Darrell Dumas (who I theorize took up the drums simply for the alliterative value it would give his name in this sentence and others like it) is pretty much in the same boat: not a terrible drummer by any means, but not standing out in particular either. The word capable just keeps coming to mind. Vocalist Will Korbut seems unsure of exactly what he wants to be doing with his voice. He falls somewhere between a metalcore shout/grunt and a full-on death metal growl/scream, like he’s trying to find a happy medium between intensity and decipherability but never quite getting his footing. To his credit, though, his delivery is always strong and full; he’s got a good set of pipes. “Slave of Mind” is as varied lyrically as it is musically. There are themes of social and political unrest, violence and war and gore, philosophical statements and rebellious vitriol. Sometimes it’s a little unclear exactly what the lyrics are getting at, but they still manage to get the general idea across. I’m not sure who’s responsible for them, as the booklet credits all lyrics (as well as all music) to just Solus and no member in particular. Based on their extreme similarity to the lyrics on their second record, though, I’d wager Korbut wrote the bulk of them, as he wrote most of the lyrics on that record. The production on “Slave of Mind” was handled by the band themselves with the aid of Rob Sanzo at Signal to Noise Studios. I don’t know why that name always rings a bell with me, but it does. Anyway, the production is sort of middle-ground, not awful but not really great either. The band has said that it was their intention to capture a sort of brash and raw sound on this record, and they did, so kudos to them for at least accomplishing what they set out to do. The bass gets lost significantly beneath the guitars (probably the single most common production failing in all of metal) and the drums seem a bit muffled. But as I said, it’s not utterly horrible and it’s what they wanted, so I don’t really hold it against them. It certainly doesn’t stop me from spinning the disc from time to time. TRACKLIST 1. Caustic 02:39 2. Faultless 03:55 3. Seven Sisters 03:49 4. Deceiver 04:02 5. Test 03:20 6. Souls of Empty 04:05 7. Silencing Existence 04:34 8. Strain 03:20 9. Core 02:01 Total playing time 31:45 ADDITIONAL NOTES Recorded in 2040 minutes in April 1996 at Signal to Noise Studios, Toronto, Canada and mixed by Rob Sanzo. Mastered at Metalworks by Brett Zilahi Layout by Skinmask Productions. Solus has 2 other releases: Our Frosting Hell EP(1998) Universal Bloodshed (1999)
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