January 8, 2010 • Pale Horse Recordings
Imynvokad is an obscure little black metal one-man band from Texas, of all places, who has released a few EPs over the years. The band's latest shows a sound very much in the traditional school of atmospheric black metal, and while it's definitely not bad it doesn't engage me that much.
The band's sound is actually pretty tight compared to a lot of similar bands—Imynvokad has somehow made black metal sound raw and well-produced at the same time (you can actually hear the bass!). The instrumentation is tight, with some skillful drumming and really nice vocals. I am a fan of unusual screaming styles; here we get a very tortured and raspy sound not unlike that heard in early Amesoeurs.
When it comes to the songs themselves, though, Imynvokad isn't really treading any new ground—while the music is pretty decent, it still manages to sound more or less like a hundred other black metal bands I've heard before. Fortunately it's not all generic blasting; there's plenty of more atmospheric slower bits and even some punky drum lines on the B-side. But I can't help feeling like it's music we've all heard before.
Still, it's not a bad release, and I'd be more than happy to check out a full-length release, assuming the style started to branch out of such a traditional sound... This was released in 2010, and black metal has gone so many places in the last fifteen-or-so years. There's talent to be found here and it is risking getting lost if it doesn't keep up.
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