2019 press on black vinyl with lyric insert

Bolzer began their discography with the "Roman Acupuncture" demoin 2012 and, just one year later they released Aura, an EP thatreceived positive feedback and gathered the attention of bothcritics and fans. Their second EP Soma was released in late summerof 2014. In Soma, the band continues with their black/death metalstyle without changing their strategy. The two new tracks run forabout 18 minutes and consist of a handful of riffs, composed by theband´s guitarist and vocalist, KzR. Steppes is the opening track ofSoma. The riffs here are more groovy and slow than anything theband has done in the past but as the song progresses the musicbecomes heavier and faster. Steppes ends with a glimpse of theintro, giving way to the second song of the Soma EP. LabyrinthianGraves fades in with an evil sounding riff. The music is much moremorbid than in Steppes, HzR does an amazing job on the drums, theguitars don´t stay on the same riff for too long and KzR´s vocalsare just as they should be; not too shrieked but not growlingeither. The song ends with an ambient part that is repeated quite afew times before closing the EP in a great way. The production isone of Soma´s strongest points. It is almost impossible to believethat two people can sound like that. They don´t even need a bass,since the (down tuned) guitar sounds heavy and crushing andcombined with HzR´s drumming, the two instruments create somethingextraordinary. The vocals are not only comprised of screaming andshouting. There is also some spoken word in here which adds to theEP´s already dark atmosphere. Soma is a total win for Bolzer. Theychanged their sound as much as they needed to, in order to soundeven more crushing than before. The execution is excellent and youwill not feel disappointed from the result. The cover art byAlexander Brown is amazing as well and it successfully depicts thethemes of the EP. Bolzer will release their debut full-length albumnext year. If they manage to surpass this, then we will be talkingabout one of the best modern black/death metal bands. Until then,we have one demo and two amazing EPs to satisfy our hunger for newmaterial.

Track listing:
1. Steppes
2. Labyrinthian Graves

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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