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Album Reviews
# of "Main" reviews: 359 (mean score: 8.5)
# of additional "User" reviews: 547
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Origin: USA
(Florida - Miami)
Aghora was put together by Berklee trained guitar virtuoso Santiago Dobles along with ex-Cynic members Sean Reinert on drums and Sean Malone on bass. They combine the enchanting female vocals of Santiago's sister, Danishta Rivero, with some very technical progressive metal. The vocal timbre is a bit reminiscent of The Gathering's Anneke Van Giersbergen arranged very atmospherically and accompanied by music that would be most accurately described as tech-metal in the style of Cynic (no surprise there), Watchtower, or Spiral Architect.
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Aghora (1999)
B 8.4
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This is not an easy album to get into. It is, by nature very complex and seems a little 'drawn out' upon the first few listens. Even at this stage in the digestion of this album, however, the immense talent present on this album is apparent. The guitar work is very ambitious, creative, and inventive. More importantly it's actually exciting and fun to listen to without being overtly pretentious. The lyrics are rather average, in my opinion, and regarding the singing, though its uniqueness is certainly welcomed, at times I found myself wishing for something a little closer to standard. Nevertheless, after the album begins to sink in, you can add a general enjoyment to the already wonderful experience of listening to this work. To those who are even greater fans of technical metal than myself (I've just recently started to get into it), I highly recommend this album. The instrumentation on this album is too good to pass up. (5/3/2000)
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