{"id":16009,"date":"2021-07-20T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2021-07-04T18:17:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:17:44","slug":"black-swamp-water-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16009","title":{"rendered":"Black Swamp Water \u2013 ‘Awakening’ (Mighty Music \/ Spv)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What comes to mind when you think of Denmark? Bacon? Carlsberg? Pretty Maids? Lars Ulrich? Lego? The Little Mermaid? It\u2019s pretty much that for me (no bacon for this vegan scribe though!). The country isn\u2019t really known for its musical exports but that may be about to change with the release of Black Swamp Water\u2019s third long player \u2018Awakening\u2019<\/em>. The band have built up a solid following and their track \u2018Bitter Harvest\u2019<\/em> from their second album \u2018Distant Thunder\u2019<\/em> has over two million streams on Spotify\u2026. impressive.<\/p>\n

For their latest work the band have used producer Tue Madsen (Moonspell, Artillery, Dark Tranquillity) and the result is a crystal clear, punchy mix. A sound that ranges from Down style Southern sludge to traditional heavy metal with a touch of thrash thrown in shows that these boys don\u2019t like to be pigeonholed. This proves to be problematic as I\u2019ll discuss later in this review.<\/p>\n

There are some great riffs thrown around and the first single released from the album \u2018Endless War\u2019<\/em> has a great drum intro (it sounds a bit like \u2018Painkiller\u2019<\/em>) from Kim Langkj\u00e6r Jensen who really showcases his ability. There\u2019s a great horror-themed video to accompany it too. The only criticism from me is that there isn\u2019t any coherence or continuity with the songs. I get that they are trying to be diverse, but I think the heavier, thrashier tunes suit the band more. The ballad \u2018Send Me Away\u2019 <\/em>really feels out of place and doesn\u2019t work in my opinion. A well-played but pointless cover of Sabbath\u2019s \u2018Children of the Grave\u2019<\/em> doesn\u2019t need to be here at all, we want more of your own material guys!!<\/p>\n

Overall, it\u2019s a decent effort with some solid heavy metal. The band needs to concentrate on what kind of metal band they are though. The guys are great musicians and work well as a unit, and hopefully, they will find their own niche soon. More THRASH, please!<\/p>\n

Buy Black Swamp Water Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Kenny Kendrick<\/p>\n

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What comes to mind when you think of Denmark? Bacon? Carlsberg? Pretty Maids? Lars Ulrich? Lego? The Little Mermaid? It\u2019s pretty much that for me (no bacon for this vegan scribe though!). The country isn\u2019t really known for its musical exports but that may be about to change with the release of Black Swamp Water\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[6929],"class_list":["post-16009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-black-swamp-water","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16013,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions\/16013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}