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Sinistros first self-titled album protrudes by a minimized but wicked cover art, but also with their leaden and gloomy doom metal. The first song Ruas Desertas starts slow an calm, the becoming of the song is hidden. You would not expect where the music will take you, until a heavy guitars enter with a tremendous density, supported by a leaden bass and subsequently dull vocals. The songs tension lasts to the very end and abruptly stops there, leaving the stage for the next song, which changes the theme, but is still connecting to the last song. They tag their own music as "film soundtrack", and listening to their music really feels like listening to a small spooky story. They can produce a cinematic effect with their tunes. They play around, vary between themes and giving the songs different whims. The album and every song has its Pink Floydish moods.
The first EP Cidade is produced with Patricia Andrade. For this cover they cut down the last cover artwork, only using the triangle, what precipitates to an extraordinary CD case. Patricia Andrade supports Sinistros tunes with her vocals and now and then only uses her speaking voice. Together with the split of the EP into 2 songs, her voice, sometimes spoken or only whispered in the background, other times sung and possessing oneself of the whole oeuvre, the whole EP reminds me an audio book. Telling its story, with a much more emotional touch in comparison with the last album, but still having a gloomy style.
With Sinistro III now being in production, the Portuguese doom scene has huge potential and keeping an eye on it is indeed a good idea.
Words: Luis Luethi
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