(Progressive Death Metal / Thrash Metal) Crushing Sun - TAO - 2010, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

Crushing Sun hails from sunny Portugal and ‘TAO’ is their debut full length album. Sound and style wise we are talking everything from modern metal to death metal. The label “Progressive death metal” could very well stick to Crushing Sun like glue but I think that the term ‘Modern progressive heavy metal’ is more suitable.
Even though that the band has developed their own sound and style other bands comes to mind when listening to ‘TAO’. Gojira and Neurosis are two of them but you might find others when you give this CD a spin.
Well... not being a huge fan of all that modern stuff it was kinda hard for me to get into this album but after a couple of listens the music blossoms and most of the songs has something to offer. They shift from very laid back music to metal and back again but still with a intention to create interesting music.
The biggest surprise for me is the last track; “Strip and Deceit” a very heavy sludge/doom track that suddenly explodes into a kind weird sounding track... but I like it.
Give this band and album a try if you dare.
http://www.powerofmetal.dk/reviews10/crushing_sun_review.htm

In a world of over-developed complexity, the intelligent people urge to go back to their roots and simplicity. With no artificial worries, recharged, they can go, demanding new horizons. Mechanization and digitalization, the murder of the individuality and sharp thought, the constant bombing attacks, the diverse linguistic ethnicities… welcome to «TAO», CRUSHING SUN’s debut album. A METAL album, with no additives, posts or suffixes. Forget for a while trends, labels, categorizations and styles… enjoy the music with most of the senses you can use to perceive it and, we guarantee, you won’t regret entering the TAO world.
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Bruno Silva: Lead Vocals
Paulo Lopes: Lead Guitar
Marco S.: Drums
Rui Pinto: Bass