{"id":103483,"date":"2024-06-14T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103483"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:11:47","slug":"album-review-slave-to-sirens-echoes-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-slave-to-sirens-echoes-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAVE TO SIRENS – Echoes Of Silence (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SLAVE TO SIRENS
Echoes Of Silence<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s very rare to find an extreme metal band from Lebanon. In fact, this all female Beirut-based thrash combo is probably the first act I\u2019ve come across from the region. Slave To Sirens has existed for almost ten years but Echoes Of Silence<\/em> is the band\u2019s debut full-length album. The line-up on this outing consists of vocalist Anita T\u00f3th, guitarists Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara, bassist Alma Doumani, with drums provided by Inge van der Zon (Doodswens).<\/p>\n

This is a snappy opus not too far removed from Nervosa alongside the deathlier barrages of Crypta, and the vocals are menacing scowls amidst the scathing flurries of percussion. From the off this is a sniping attack, both fast and forceful as the mob rips through \u2018WMD (Weapons Of Mass Destruction)\u2019 and \u2018Reborn\u2019 as if they were a pack of starving piranha latching onto a floating corpse.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just a one dimensional thrash storm though. As well as viciously savaging your jugular with deadly snaps, Anita T\u00f3th also delivers some very deep, chesty bellows which are in keeping with the more robust and heavier slices of meat. Subtlety is also introduced, for example \u2018Ancient Fear\u2019 is hauntingly melodic as the drums express a fragility alongside the clear vocal wafts. The death and thrash is never far away, but this song is very much the band tapping into a contemporary metal design.<\/p>\n

\u2018Salom\u00e8\u2019 boasts a serrated melody with further glints of melody, \u2018Beyond Control\u2019 is initially more straightforward before the steadying of pace, while \u2018Dark Waters\u2019 begins like Voivod, jarring in its delivery of bass and drum. \u2018Mistress Of Pain\u2019 is delightfully wistful, whereas \u2018Merchant Of Souls\u2019 is crisp, sporadically fast and cutting in its production.<\/p>\n

Although violent in its prowess, Echoes Of Silence<\/em> ravages with a ravenous yet occasionally melodic attitude. The marrying of thrash and death will always result in a decent record if executed correctly, and although Slaves To Sirens aren\u2019t doing anything new this is still a frenzied debut.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SLAVE TO SIRENSEchoes Of Silence Self-released (2024)Rating: 8\/10 It\u2019s very rare to find an extreme metal band from Lebanon. In fact, this all female Beirut-based thrash combo is probably the first act I\u2019ve come across from the region. Slave To Sirens has existed for almost ten years but Echoes Of Silence is the band\u2019s debut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-slave-to-sirens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103483"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103489,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103483\/revisions\/103489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}