Page 8 - RYAN'S GIG GUIDE SEPTEMBER 2014

RGG September 2014 - p.8
Opposites Of Light is their th studio album
and yet it feels like a new beginning Despite
only having three members the sheer power
that Die So Fluid are able to conjure up is quite
impressive Prime examples of this are to be
found on “Nightmares” “Anubis” and
“Carnival” Partnered to the Tony Iommi tinged
riffery though is a grasp of melody and song
structure few bands are able to match
The sixteen songs of Vampire Desert Rock (as
Die so Fluid describe their music) are
sequenced into parts known as ‘Shakura’ (Sun)
and ‘Pah’ (Moon) named after deities of the
Pawnee Native American people The first
Shakura contains the more ferocious in your
face elements and “Crime Scene” fits neatly
into this as it chugs along noisily like a
high octane dragster The second half of the
album the Pah explores more open evocative
musical territory
Songs like “Comets” “You Suffocate We All
Suffer” and “The World Opposite” are
mesmerising blurs of intense motifs that float
around your head and get the senses tingling
The undeniably impressive “Black Blizzard”
blends Gothic splendour with unbridled Metal
heaviness ebbing and flowing to majestic
perfection “Black Blizzard” is a song worthy of
gracing the collection of any serious connoisseur
of Rock music If there is an embarrassment of
riches to be found on Opposites of Light then
“Black Blizzard” is the crown jewel
Intoxicating and dream like in places the
second half of the album shines like a supernova
in the darkness “Echo Of A Lie” with its
symphonic underscoring (which composer John
Barry would be at home with) is a mini epic that
soars to great heights with the aid of string
arrangements Perhaps equal in terms of praise
as “Black Blizzard” “Falcons” is a song that
An embarrassment of riches is one way to
describe the latest offering from Die So Fluid...