The second album from this band from Togo.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars and vocals.
The band returned again five years after their debut album Za Keli. That was a good album indeed.
Dzikkuh is a three quarters of an hour long album.
The music is a again a blend of progressive metal, extreme metal, nu-metal and folk music.
Their roots are in the local folk music scene. The Western African folk music scene. Hence their performances on the ethnic folk music festivals in Europe last summer. I think they are more suited for the many metal festivals instead of the ethnic folk music festivals. That is based on the music on their two albums.
The music is pretty extreme and dissonant throughout most of this album (and the debut album). Extreme metal springs to mind. Then throw in some rap and we are in the nu-metal territory.
The music becomes more like progressive metal at the end of this album (as it was at the end of the debut album too). There are some melodic pieces here too.
The band is clearly onto something here and this album is a fresh breeze in the pretty stagnant, conservative metal scene. Not everything is good here and this album is not as good as their debut album Za Keli. That said.... this is still a good album. Metalheads should and must check out this band.
3 points
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