Sunbeam Overdrive – Diama
Origin: Marseilles / France
Release: 12.05.2023
Label: Tentacles Industries / Season of Mist
Duration: 55:04
Genre: Progressive Rock / Mathcore / Djent
Friends of djent-heavy rhythms and guitar chords, who also value a certain tendency towards melody, should definitely check out the relative newcomers to the scene Sunbeam Overdrive listen.
Just in time for the pandemic, the four musicians from Marseille made it to the Euroblast Festival and their debut EP before they were slowed down by the cancellation of all live activities. Now it goes on, however, the first full-time player is finally here Diamond digital and on CD at the start.
Fortunately, the French skilfully combine edgy djent with melodic math core and know how to convince with accessible songs that are still rough and impetuous. The opener and title track Diamond shows this clearly and introduces the listener to the theme of the album, the common thread that runs through all the songs on the album. Although it’s not a concept album, the individual songs deal with themes of inner change and the eternal process. This is symbolized by the metaphor of a volcano, the Diamondwhich goes through different phases between the pressure build-up and the eruption.
Mathcore in an accessible form
Smaller symbols are not necessary with the powerful sound that the gentlemen have given themselves. The guitars hammer properly, just like the rhythm section shakes up the hustle and bustle properly. The allergy to Plato’s cave Out Of Plato’s Cave is one of the heaviest songs on Diamond and is entitled in the best tradition Alice In Chainslike you HERE can hear. It becomes even clearer in Hard Sun. The hard, riffled passages are similar to the creation of Architects and Peripherybut have a much more pleasant melody than the former and not as hard as the latter.
Sunbeam Overdrive are now truly not guilty of plagiarism. On the contrary, the songs are not as playful and in love with technology as the material of their role models and are therefore much more accessible. songs like Diamond Shape simply run into the ears of technology-loving Prog Metallers without much resistance. Also in terms of production Sunbeam Overdrive simply worked cleanly and with a love of detail.
Conclusion
As a first work Diamond excellently successful and shows Sunbeam Overdrive as playful and highly energetic newcomers who can definitely set accents in the scene. 9 / 10
Line Up
Tom Abrigan – Gitarre, Gesang
Karim Arnaout – Gesang
Laurent Duclouet – drums
Bruno Morgana – Bass
Tracklist
01. Ascending
02. Diamond
03. Slave To The Void
04. Crimson Stains
05. Diamond Shape
06. Junction : Buhl’s Eye
07. Deaf And Blind
08. Shen
09. Out Of Plato’s Cave
10. Hard Sun
11. Fainted Core (Bonus Track)
Links
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Webseite Sunbeam Overdrive
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