The debut album of Singapore’s Adarrak is one with many faces. Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal…then you hear some modern groove like style with clean vocals. All within one song. Early 2000s Gothenburg Death Metal, Thrash, Progressive Death Metal…the list goes on.
Some will jump in the air of delight because of all the diversity, others will get anxious about it. For me the technical melodic guitar leads stands out, some parts really sound good, and it is cool to hear Marty Friedman doing a guest appearance on one song.
But as a whole I have to many “hmm, sounds nice” moments mixed with “Why have you chosen to do that? Unnecessary to change the style at this moment”, therefore doesn’t hit the sweet spot nor give me the urge to hit the repeat-button.
