Sideblast - COCOON CD

SECOND KILLER ALBUM FROM THESE FRENCH BLACK/THRASH/DEATH-CYBER-EXTREMISTS!!! Extreme Metal hasn´t said its last words yet…that’s why France's very own SIDEBLAST since 2004 have been carving their own unique style of death, black, and thrash metal by utilizing power, rage, groove and melody in ways no one has seen or heard before. Explaining SIDEBLASTs sound is not an easy task. The band draws their influences from BEHEMOTH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, IMMORTAL, and EMPEROR, but still manages to dominate over the endless plethora of imitators through the use of sound bytes in their songs and near-symphonic keyboard samples. All this coupled with the band's patented maniacally ear-shattering-yet-intelligent approach to music, SIDEBLAST are a force to be reckoned with. With the release of their 2nd full length ‘Cocoon’, the band has extracted the essence of brutality and energy from their 1st acclaimed and devastating album ‘Flight Of A Moth’ with a more structured approach to create an apocalyptic death machine, enhanced with lyrical content through a core concept about parasomnia. After having recorded a demo in 2005 and played some gigs across France and Italy, their debut ‘Flight Of A Moth’ was recorded and mastered at the Jailhouse Studios by Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, HATESPHERE) and with it SIDEBLAST got the attention of Germany-based record label Cyclone Empire, who decided to ink a deal with this metal machine and release the album worldwide in 2008.