Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine

[Dark One]

Wow, I really missed the boat on this one. Solid, technical death metal sprinkled with both clean & raw guitar riffs and leads throughout. Crunchy and intense.

Thumbs up.

I give you "Revenant Horde" for your listening pleasure:

http://download.yousendit.com/E5958EA50C6E1D75

Jason

 

[JayKeeley]

Yeah man, that's why I had my secretary fix you up.

Not sure if this makes sense, but Yrkoon play 'sophisticated' death metal. It's white collar metal. It's reasonably polished but not enough from taking away it's groove. Track 3 is groovy.

 

[Dark One]

Yeah man, that's why I had my secretary fix you up.

And today I finally got around to keeping my appointment, LOL.

Not sure if this makes sense, but Yrkoon play 'sophisticated' death metal. It's white collar metal. It's reasonably polished but not enough from taking away it's groove. Track 3 is groovy.

It makes perfect sense - to be honest, I know you dig 'em, but this is how Nile *should* sound. Man this would be killer in a live setting.

 

[JayKeeley]

It makes perfect sense - to be honest, I know you dig 'em, but this is how Nile *should* sound. Man this would be killer in a live setting.

Do you mean production or style?

 

[Dark One]

Do you mean production or style?

Style - and I mean that completely in a subjective "this is the style I prefer" way. Seriously, it shits all over Nile for me personally.

 

[JayKeeley]

OK, but I guess I'm asking why the Nile comparison in particular? It's not like you're listening to Rudra or Melechesh. See what I'm saying?

 

[War Ensemble]

Yrkoon play 'sophisticated' death metal.

I always put on a suit or tuxedo before listening to Yrkoon just like the rest of high society.

 

[JayKeeley]

Haha, well if it's good enough for Ackercocke....

 

[Dark One]

OK, but I guess I'm asking why the Nile comparison in particular? It's not like you're listening to Rudra or Melechesh. See what I'm saying?

Totally, the difference here is that I *like* those bands and just happened to pick out a random technical death metal band that I don't like and would like better if they sounded like a band I actually like. Like, say, Yyrkoon.

Like, ya know.

 

[JayKeeley]

lollercaust.

Well, I don't listen to Nile for their technicality, but I see what you're saying. For me it's their brutality that becomes overwhelming. Yrkoon aren't that technical either, but I still see what you're saying, amazingly enough.

 

[Dark One]

Haha. Seriously though, I thought Occult Medicine sounded pretty damn technical when I just gave it a spin.

 

[JayKeeley]

Do you have "Heartwork" by Carcass?

 

[Dark One]

Sure do.

 

[General Zod]

For me, there's justhing about these guys that seperates them from the pack.

Zod

 

[Dark One]

By context, I take it you mean "nothing"?

At any rate, I can see where hearing a ton of bands in this style would dilute your enjoyment of them as it's the age old, "I don't hear anything revolutionary, but what they do, they do well" point of view for me.

I'd give it about a 7.5 out of 10. I'm not putting them on that high a pedastol, but I definitely dig it.

Jason

 

[JayKeeley]

I'm not enough of a death metal coinesseur to notice how derivative they are. I know I like Yrkoon more than the bog standard type DM bands like new Aeternus, Blood Red Throne, Zyklon, etc. And I know they don't have that same atmospheric vibe as, say, Melechesh or old Aeternus. So yeah, they kind of sit in that island I've got floating in my head.

 

[Dark One]

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