AITHER
Awoken From Beyond
www.aither.it

We as human beings are prone to rationalisation. When I saw that Aither are Italians I immediately assumed them to be another Rhapsody. I couldn’t be further off. Actually I’m not totally sure of what they want to be. They have the symphonic approach of Rhapsody but there are also traces of black/death/heavy metal. That this is only a demo explains the rather thin sound that do the music no service but scrape beneath it and you find, maybe not the most original, an attempt at creating a sound all their own. If you like your black metal with a symphonic touch and with the added bonus of some traditional heavy metal you might want to look this way.

-Anders Ekdahl