BURNING THE HARD CITY

Sorry for the low score, but to me this is a "backwards step", in comparison to their best album "The Devouring", a must have within the so called "Modern Art Rock" movement, a bit "ambient music-like". Finally the output is anyway good, but there are some defects! The atmospheric soundscape of this album is not suitable in this contest; and moreover the presence of some distorted guitars can result strident here, because you find some repetitive themes and a certain lack of a precise direction too... for this reason to me there's no improvement within this album, in comparison for instance to the splendid "Devouring"; nevertheless the solid drumming and the excellent bass guitar work as well, along with the intensity of their performance in general, make this album quite captivating!! However "Feast of Ashes" and "Ten Days to the Sand" are the best tracks of the album. In particular the guitar solos, always soaring, and the varied mood as well, regarding such an ambient atmosphere, make the compositions of DJAM KARET a good modern art rock stuff, which is worth checking out at least!!