LABURINTHOS “Augoeides”

LABURINTHOS
“Augoeides”
(AvantGarde)
I can’t say that I know too much about Romania, other than Transylvania. But with the success of Negura Bunget we might see more bands coming from Romania doing the rounds in Europe and ROW. And in doing so the metal world might get enriched by another great metal act. This is what I would call “flum rock” in Swedish. There is no good translation to that term but basically what it says is that this feels like one long jam session. No tired old and dusty jazz session but more in terms of being loosely assembled. There is a feeling of taking it as it comes to this album that even somebody as in need of control as me can appreciate. I kinda like the whole “take it as it comes” feel that this album has. Don’t know how to describe it musically though. Is it hardrock or metal or what not? Anders Ekdahl