"Another four-song debut EP (released by Amplitude) comes from Elma, an instrumental unit located in Brazil that herein drops four succinct tracks of twisted math metal-sounding material in a mere nine minutes. The scope of these surprisingly brief tracks is rather wide in its penchant for jumping from dense, rhythmic sludge to dissonant layers of noisier guitar textures, frequently easing up on the distortion to take a different approach to the grating, mangled sort of edge that a lot of the riffs possess. The crisp recording is probably most beneficial to the drums, which sound fucking phenomenal throughout the entire EP, though the rather strange texture that resides in all of the guitar tones employed within is pretty damn intriguing in its own right. The packaging is a real trip, too. The disc is housed in a matte black gatefold digipack with the band’s logo die-cut out of the front cover, which allows the metallic silver printing from the outer pages of the booklet to show through from both sides. The booklet then folds out to reveal four pages of strange yet awesome geometric shapes and patterns. It’s pretty simple in some ways, but it looks amazing, and I bet it cost a shitload to pull off! I’m floored by how damn short this release is, but it leaves me extremely curious to see where these cats are gonna go in the future. There’s a lot of potential here…"
E aí, galera do elma... beleza? Nós somos uma banda de Metal Progressivo Experimental formada em Uberaba, MG. Caso alguém aqui se interesse por esse tipo de metal também, poderá ouvir nossos sons online e fazer downloads de mp3 na nossa página. Tudo de bom a todos os integrantes do elma. Valeu.
Greetings from Ohio! Thanks for the add! Time for some old school metal! Are you guys ready for the return of REAL STEEL? CD'S are IN!!! Official release just days away! We will keep you posted!
