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Sacram - "Far Away"
[Self-Financed, 2007]
Sacram - Far Away
Tracklist:

01. Despair
02. Far Away
03. Family
04. Everything Splinters

Whether a reference to one of Anathema's most well-known tracks can be made with such a title, and a disorientating artwork which accompanies this demo CD, Sacram's relations with electricity are not momentary, but permanent. They're closer to bands like Eucharist and the wise instrumentalisation of elder Dark Tranquility, while the mood tends to have some connections with mid-90s British bands, to say the least.

This is not my stuff, but these guys truly have something special, being it the warm guitar melodies, embracing the listener like tickling fire or the interesting, “alternative” (to avoid misunderstanding) moments in each of the four tracks in this demo CD. Well-produced, it hides almost nothing, not even the bass - seems that it's not just another bunch of untalented kids. Good execution, mature songwriting, neat melodies, personal -above all- lyrics. Avoiding an all-the-way-short kind of riffage, their music is given the matching space for improvisation, being it solos or calmer moments, but all stripped-out from nonsense.

I've got only one objection concerning not their music, but their potential; it's not the first time bands sounding like Sacram appear in the Hellenic scene. There have been more, but just like pyros, they- to a huge percentage- disappear after causing attention with some demos or a full-length work. How many can you remember playing together for more than five years after their most encouraging recording?

Rating: 7/10 Reviewer: Jim Tsallos Rating Guide
Band info

Genre:
Melodic Death Metal

Country:
Greece

Official Website(s):
www.myspace.com/sacrammusic

Label's Website(s):
-

Current Line-up

Paschalis Christofilos (Vocals)
John Karkoulias (Guitars)
Simos Kaggelaris (Rhythm Guitars)
Michalis Topal (Bass)
Ntinos Xarchakos (Drums)

Discography
Far Away [2007]
 
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