CD Review - Woe is the Accursed Earth "Unconditional War"

Woe is the Accursed Earth - Unconditional War (As reviewed on March 2nd, 2016)

Artist Bio:

Where is the band from?
Tom lives in Mississippi, and Tony lives in Sala, Sweden

Who are the band members?
The band consists of myself, (TomTom Jervis) and Tony William Sundstrand

How long has the band been together?
We've been recording together for 6-7 months, I suppose

Are any of the members of the band currently in any side projects?
Both Tony and myself are involved in countless other projects.  Tony operates a record label as well.  Salute Records.

Who produced the album? Who does the songwriting?
We both produce and do the songwriting.

Who are your musical influences?
Musical influences are far too many to list!  All kinds of stuff from all different genres.  I can safely speak for both of us on that one!

What is the message or goal of this album?
the message, I suppose, is a social commentary on how the world that we've created is fucked up and we destroy everything in the name of humanity.

Do you plan on touring to promote the album?
No tours or anything as of yet.

What are your goals for the future?
We plan to just keep writing, recording, and releasing CDs!

Where can people buy your music?
People can get our stuff through saluterecords.bandcamp.com.


The Review:

Favorite tracks:

Towards Total Darkness, The Free Will

This is a 4-track EP which consists of a very heavy metal sound.  Vocals are highly processed.  The music is very heavy, although there is a lack of drums on the track, Towards Total Darkness. An Unconditional War starts out with a representation of a very quiet gun battle.  For a metal album, Unconditional War is extremely artistic.  Very simplistic melodies ensure that the audiophile will not get lost while listening to this album. 

That is, until we come to the track, A Devouring Force.  This track encapsulates the best things about metal - Heavy guitars, strong drums and strong vocals.  The only thing I felt was off with this track was the guitar solo.  It didn’t seem to fit.  That is merely my interpretation. 

Overall, Woe is the Accursed Earth appears to take elements of early Type O Negative and mix them with Selultura – like vocals to give us a powerful, if not extremely short EP that hopefully takes this band to an even higher level that comes unconditionally.