Starseed
Cosmic Conspiracy (1997)
EP

Reviewed: 9/7/2008

This group of five came from the Pleiades... Oops, from Germany I mean. 1997 EP 'Cosmic Conspiracy' remain as their sole release. I've never seen this as a physical entity, but the band offers this as a free download on their MySpace.com page. I myself was in the state of exaltation, not only because the music is death metal, but the lyrical contents is sci-fi! But for my displeasure, the downloadable package contains only music, no lyrics, no cover art... So it's the music only I'm commenting on this review. I think, when not having the lyrics, the music follows the story closely. Therefore the compositions are narrative, not typical verse-verse-chorus kind of affairs. Atmosphere is dark and at times violent. Synthesizers are used, but more like backing up the guitars to lift up the cur...

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