Rhine: extreme/prog gamblers from the state of Washington, U.S.

Rhine

Watch out for the outlaws of extreme metal: Rhine. They will steal your horse and steal your wagon. Prepare yourself by learning how to prevent this theft by listening to the Rhine album “Duality” (2014) on Bandcamp. These mavericks of prog/extreme metal started in Seattle in 2011. On the album, apparently, the gambler Gabriel Tachell does everything, making the album a project of a lone ranger, but which now is a group of high sierra bandidos.

Facebook says that this is the band:

the gambler Gabriel Tachell - guitar/vocals

the dealer Alex Smolin - guitar

the joker Carlos Delgado - drums

the smoker James Porter - bass

The music sounds, more or less, like extreme metal with prog elements, or if you will, a prog band of an extreme metal heritage. Whether it’s death metal or black metal that you hear, it’s tempered with prog guitar or prog structures. The music is a bit overwhelming at first. Here and there, the music is turned upside down with segments and pieces of experimental sounds. Rhine is kind of making up its own rules on this album, pushing for idiosyncrasies in the sound. They don’t sound really, really absurdly strange now, just loud, abrasive and somewhat experimental. They sound like extreme metal, but their followers could be in for a shock next album because this band will likely increase the maverick factor by ten, and we are all going to be dazed, confused or dazed and confused, which is surely what this band wants. Once a band starts down the misty mountain high sierra hop, there’s usually no going back to “regular” or “normal” metal. This game of cards could get wild. Keep your eyes on the dealer. You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them.

www.rhine.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/rhinemetal