Son of Boar - A Tongueless Tale

Originally posted on Heaps of Metal 04.06.19



Son of Boar is a 5 piece band from Bradford. They describe their music as Stoner / Doom, which emphasizes the focus on slower parts and inspiration from Doom metal, which again is of course inspired by the pre-NWBHM metal bands.
The riffs on «A Tongueless Tale» seem however to me to more blues rock inspired than inspired by Black Sabbath or Doom metal band riffs. (I’m here thinking of “traditional” doom metal rather than the extreme metal influenced doom one often encounters in the Scandinavian scene).

The EP “A Tongueless Tale” was released in march 2019 by the band themselves. It contains 3 songs, with a running time just over 17 minutes.
The mix focuses strongly on the vocals, while the guitars could for my taste have been mixed louder. There are particularly some melodic guitar parts that I would want to hear more off (yes, this review is written by a guitarist).
The bass guitar sits well in the mix, and I like the fuzz bass sound. I would have liked a bit more articulate drums, but if one aims for the old school 70s sound, they’re just right.

The songs themselves are riff based, with some slow, some mid tempo and some faster parts. I like that they play both something slow and something fast during the same song.
I get the impression that there is some timing changes that hint on it being recorded live, without a clicktrack. There is always a debate on what is best, especially when playing songs with tempo changes and where one wants a live feel. Here I would lean to the side of using a click track.

Most of the riffs are played by both guitars, but what I find most interesting on the songs of Son of Boar is when they choose to play different parts one each guitar, either playing different parts of the riff each, or playing a melody over the riff. This type of riffs I would love to hear more in future compositions by Son of Boar

Son of Boar comes off as a band with potential, and a band I think one should see live if one gets the opportunity.

Link to facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SonOBoar/
Link to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TaE-fzObNI
Link to bandcamp: https://sonofboar.bandcamp.com/releases  

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