The Japanese band Crystal Lake will land in seven European cities in total this summer. Who exactly are Crystal Lake, what type of music do they create and why is it worth it to book a ticket for their show? I'll try to give them a rather brief but still proper review, if you, however, are already familiar with the guys and want the tour dates straight away - just one scroll down keeps you from them!
The band was formed in 2002 and right from the start Crystal Lake state that their main influence was the hardcore style, popular during the '90s. Their songs can be described as metalcore (early years), hardcore, progressive metal and nu metal. The typical heavy vocals and growling are absolutely here but you may have to bear in mind - recently they include more clean vocals as well. The style varies from truly aggressive mosh pit-worthy songs to soft and somehow calming songs (as much as that's possible for a hardcore song, maybe I am just weird). An example of that is two of the songs I included throughout this article - Apollo and Black and Blue. I absolutely adore how even in different types of songs and emotions, Crystal Lake still has a distinct sound which is never lost.
| Apollo is their last single. It was released at the end of last year. The art on the right gives us a hind to something alien, the music video is a neon hallucination. And the song, you ask, what about the song! Often I baffle people around me when I say that a song with growls and heavy riffs calms me down. Apollo is one of those songs. The vocals aren't irritatingly aggressive but compliment the instruments delightfully. The guitar and drums are unforgivingly perfect for a mosh pit but at the same time an absolutely lovely melody comes in and blends it all. During this 5-minute song, we can find also some discrete rapping, some clean vocals, and nostalgic DJ mixing sounds. |  |
This universe was not big enough for us
Open the sky
- Apollo
Open the sky
- Apollo
The tour dates and cities around Europe are as follows:
Official site of Crystal Lake
Official Facebook page of Crystal Lake
Статията може да намерите и на български - тук.
- June 28–30, 2018 - JERA ON AIR 2018 - Ysselsteyn, The Netherlands Tickets
- June 30–July 1, 2018 - Dissonance Festival - Milan,Italy Tickets
- July 5–7, 2018 - ROCK DEN SEE 2018 - Sankt Andrä, Austria Tickets
- July 5, 2018 - UK TECH-FEST 2018 - Newark, UK Tickets
- July 6, 2018 - JAPAN EXPO 2018 - Paris, France Tickets
- July 13, 2018 - RESURRECTION FEST 2018 - Viveiro, Galicia, Spain Tickets
- July 14, 2018 - Fajtfest 2018 - Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic Tickets
Official site of Crystal Lake
Official Facebook page of Crystal Lake
Статията може да намерите и на български - тук.
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Author: Lilia Bozhinova
