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ELEMENTARIO

Aurea Hybride

Post Rock/Math rock


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3 stars Review originally posted at www.therocktologist.com

It is wonderful to discover every year new bands from your country, but it is better to know that those bands are actually great bands, with talented musicians who are willing to create music of high quality. Aurea Hybride is a young project from Zacatecas, Mexico, which was introduced to me a month ago, and whose music I have really enjoyed ever since. They surely have a bright future. Now, I hope we, the listeners, reviewers, producers, help them to spread the word and make them noticed, because their music is worth it.

Their debut album is entitled 'Elementario' and was self-released as a digital album (I hope they get the support to release it as CD, I would love to own one), it comprises five songs that make a total time of 39 minutes, so as you can imagine, you will not really find short tracks here. Their music is a blend of progressive rock, with post-rock and metal (post-metal, maybe), so if you feel attracted to those genres, then I recommend you to listen to it.

'Minimal Signo' is the song that opens the album. It starts with mellow guitar with an obvious post-rock sound, but half a minute later the metal side of Aurea Hybride appears with other guitars, and makes a wonderful contrast between calm and anger. Just before the second minute, the calm side vanishes and the metal-like sound prevails. Here the game of the guitars is pretty cool, each and every of the guitars produce a different sound, and a different emotion. After three minutes a new structure is being built with a softer mood, but only for some seconds, because the heavier stuff later returns. So this is an example of what some would call post-metal.

'Drama & Caos' is the longest track, with ten minutes of good music. It opens with a soft and dreamy sound which is slowly progressing, the guitars do their work, while drums create wonderful rhythms, and bass put also some good lines and notes. The charm of the beginning is once again contrasted by the energy of the metal-oriented guitars, which little by little enter to the track until they turn it into a post-metal song again. There are some good guitar riffs here and there, which are not that pompous, but made and placed. This is a complex and challenging track, though it is not my favorite.

'Biog'nesis de un sue'o' follows practically the same line as the previous tracks, I mean, it starts with a dreamy and post-rockish sound, morphed a minute later into a post-metal one. And it is this heavier side which actually continues and sentences the music's destiny at least for the first four minutes. There is like an interlude in which a spacey synth appears making a kind of dreamy and futuristic atmosphere. Later the song uses some electronic samples, the atmosphere continues but now with an addictive guitar. Later there is a nice bass sound, and even acoustic guitar that adds a different nuance. Pretty good track!

'M'quinas h'bridas' is probably the song I enjoy the least, mostly due to its first part, which is the heaviest of the album. The first minutes became a bit boring to me due to its repetitiveness, but later when the softer sound enters it becomes more interesting (obviously, this is mere subjectivity). The introduction of the piano after four minutes gives it a very different face, and even a jazzy touch; this part is by far the best of the track, and one of the finest of the whole album.

And the album finishes with 'Balance elemental' which shows repetitive and heavy guitars, lead and rhythm, with a cool bass and great drums. The difference from the previous tracks is that here I did not feel bored, but interested in the other hand. The structure is very well-thought, with several changes and a diversity of elements and figures in the guitar. The last two minutes are softer, with a dramatic, yet enchanting sound.

Enjoy it!

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