Arkos
Reflected
Arkos are a hard rock band coming out of
Sumrall, MS. The band, who formed in July 2013, have released an EP entitled Reflected. Even with four songs, Arkos
have managed to create a great sounding product.
“Night”
is a dark and brooding way to open up the album. It’s certainly a heavy track,
with Sabbath/doom metal guitar riffs from guitarist Dillion Douglas and Chase
Eaton and surprisingly melodic vocals from Zach Chambliss. While I’m sure
dozens of other bands have done it before, this is an interesting approach in
that the band are taking something melodic and putting it to music that’s
heavy. This is followed by “In Your Eyes,” which starts off with a killer
guitar riff. Chambliss’ melodic vocals once again stand up on the track,
especially during the chorus. “Without Me” greets listeners with a rude
awakening of screams while the EP ends with “Make Believe.” The former is
perhaps the heaviest and most extreme track off the EP while the latter sees
the band at it again with their melodic hard rock/heavy metal approach. In
fact, “Make Believe” has a little bit of progressive metal going on here.
Arkos
are a very talented band. If I were to recommend this to anybody, I would say
fans of modern rock bands would enjoy this but fans of other sub genres of rock
music might get something out of it too.
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