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 /::     Artist  :: Rifftera                                               ::\
  ::     Album   :: Pitch Black                                            ::
  ::     Year    :: 2015                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Death Metal                 Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Inverse Records             R.date  :: 2015.11.07      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: N/A                         Size    :: 109,64 MB     __::_
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         Website :: http://is.gd/19OdDW

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  ::      01. Back to Life                                       05:23     ::
  ::      02. One Step Closer                                    05:54     ::
  ::      03. Lightbringer                                       05:28     ::
  ::      04. Ashes Fall                                         07:03     ::
  ::      05. Rotten to the Core                                 06:20     ::
  ::      06. Open Wounds                                        05:24     ::
  ::      07. The Ruins of the Empire                            06:41     ::
  ::      08. Pitch Black                                        11:49     ::
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  ::      Pitch Black sounds surprisingly professional for an album        ::
  ::      self-recorded over a long period of time. The guitar tone is     ::
  ::      modern and thick as hell, and pinch harmonics sound rich and     ::
  ::      biting. Other than the band's tendency to defer to drop-out      ::
  ::      sections without riffs far too often, I see no glaring           ::
  ::      deficiencies in Rifftera's approach, and this is a good take     ::
  ::      on the style without the meandering melancholy and               ::
  ::      weightless masturbatory leads that dog the typical template.     ::
  ::      This band will serve as good fit in your discography between     ::
  ::      Disarmonia Mundi and the bands already mentioned. A              ::
  ::      reasonable debut and reason to stick around and see where        ::
  ::      these guys go next.                                              ::
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  ::      The Metal Observer                                               ::
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