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Artas
The Healing
Genres: Rock, Metal

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Barbossa
2. Bastardo
3. Fick Das Fett
4. The Healing
5. Kontrol
6. Rhagenfels
7. Through Dark Gates
8. Blut
9. Gansta s Paradise
10. The Butcher s Guilt
11. From Dirt We ll Rise
12. A Song Of Ice And Fire
13. I Am Your Judgment Day

CD Details

All Artists: Artas
Title: The Healing
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Napalm / SPV
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/7/2008
Genres: Rock, Metal
Style: Death Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 693723307527

Synopsis

Product Description

The Austrian underground has released yet another monster into the world of Metal. Artas takes no prisoners on their debut album and shows off an even more refined style, than many of the scene's more established bands. The Healing is nothing less than a triumphant roller coaster ride that allows the band to present its accomplished and varied style. Artas combines brutal double bass attacks, chilling melodies, and destructive neckbreakers to spawn a Modern Metal bastard, which the world has yet to experience. The disparate vocal styles range from screams and clean passages to deep growls that work together perfectly to set the scene for the English, German, and Spanish lyrics. Producer Jacob Hansen's (Heaven Shall Burn) mix flawlessly captured the band's impressive, thunderous sound and Dennis Sibejin's (Job for a Cowboy, Chimaira) artwork provided the finishing touches. The Healing is a very impressive beginning by a young band facing a very bright future indeed.

CD Reviews

A Metal Bastard Indeed- and Definitely a Hard Rockin Bastard

Mark Carver | China | 10/08/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Described as "Heaven Shall Burn" meets "Fear Factory" pretty much sums it up. It has HSB's galloping rhythms and supernova riffs and FF's apocalyptic blastbeats and bleak industrial atmosphere. The vocals are raspy and harsh, though there is also an abundance of clean vocals as well, similar to Mnemic or Black Comedy.

There is a tremendous amount of diversity on this disc, least of which being the trilingual songs: English, German, and Spanish lyrics. It's an interesting game of "guess the language" because sometimes it's hard to tell which language is being belted out at any given moment. These guys don't take themselves too seriously- there are a few moments of heavy metal "la-la-la-la-las" as well as a glorious (or abhorrent, depends on your point of view) cover of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." Any metal band with the balls to cover that song in 2008 deserves props for even daring to try. Give these guys a try- it's a lot of fun and there are several moments of pummeling metal brilliance that will absolutely murder you."