KHORS - Beyond The Bestial Digi-CD

However, when the band focuses their strengths in the right direction (as they do 5 out of 6 songs), there can be some serious high soaring melodies coming your way and I want to put the third track on the spotlight to make this point. It’s the only instrumental song on the record and it revolves around a recurring main riff and tremolo picking melody that sounds really massive. Alternating with guitar leads and ambient sections, it’s the perfect example of the bipolarity that I mentioned earlier and easily the most memorable song on the record. It’s not technical nor complex but it’s contained in the right way to put the ideas to good use, and it’s this kind of stuff that really lifts the record to high praise. While I expected this album to be completely out of my comfort zone, it has given me enough to remember the name of the band for a long time to come and I believe they’re very close to finding a balance between all of their influences. They play a risky game because listeners of this genre usually know what to expect and it’s not this, so for a true black metal fan, this EP might seem too pretentious or soft. But even so, one can’t overlook the talent that this band has in creating dark yet beautiful music.