Description
Tears Of A Clown is the third self-produced album from French heavy thrash group Syr Daria. The album was created with an additional member on the bass, Mr Pascal Husser, who joined Syr Daria as the official bass player in 2018. Tears Of A Clown is probably the most powerful and mature album from the band with the mix of heavy “traditional” sounds with groovy thrash sequences. Two years were necessary to composed the tracks and the mixing and mastering process was done at KR Noyz Studio (East of France).
The themes are just like the band, varied and limitless; exploring the complexities of human psychology, analyzing particular daily lapses of time and even contemporary sci-fi literature. Tears Of A Clown is a truly powerful album, a wonderful mix of traditional metal while leaning towards modern musical styles.
Syr Daria have given the best of themselves with their new album. The production was especially coordinated to bring power and clarity to Tears Of A Clown. The album is certainly more percussive and direct without losing the melodic touch of the group that can be found throughout the 10 tracks of this excellent new album.
Tears Of A Clown | Released on November 12th, 2019 on Sliptrick Records
Track Listing:
01. In The End | 02. Virus | 03. Elm Street | 04. Tears Of A Clown | 05. Brother | 06. Mr Gray | 07. When The Roses Fade | 08. Losers’ Club | 09. Red Silence | 10. Randall Flagg
Syr Daria are:
Guillaume Hesse – Vocals | Christophe Brunner – Drums | Pascal Husser – Bass | Michel Erhart – Guitars | Thomas Haessy – Guitars
Band links: Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | On Sliptrick
powermetal.de –
Doch auch für Abwechslung ist gesorgt, und zwar durch elegant, aber effektiv eingesetzte, atmosphärisch angelegte Passagen. Diese beweisen auch, dass es der Truppe keineswegs darum geht, durch übermäßige Härte auffällig zu werden, sondern durch die Songs selbst. Gut so, denn SYR DARIA versteht es in erster Linie mit eingängigen Melodien zu überzeugen und hat davon auch eine ganze Menge zu bieten. Zumeist mit prägnanten Refrains ausgestattet, kredenzt der Fünfer seine Tracks vorwiegend als griffig-melodische Epen. Auf Firlefanz wird dabei allerdings verzichtet. Logisch, weil die Nummern an sich mit reichlich Schmackes und Hooks serviert werden. Und das völlig unabhängig davon, ob es thematisch (wie in ‘Virus’) mit Realitätsbezug zur Sache geht, oder – wie in ‘Elm Street’ – gar der gute, alte Freddie Krüger zu Besuch kommt. Cooles Album, lässige Band! …read more
metalhead.it –
La band francese è comunque coinvolgente, con un cantante che dal vivo sa pilotare la folla e attraverso una buona dose di ironia. Un album di heavy metal e non solo, in fin dei conti gradevole e alquanto energico …read more
deadrhetoric.com –
It’s a record that will fly under the radar for its meat and potatoes metal delivery, and contains enough twin guitar harmonies and diverse energy top to bottom to appeal to those into 90’s-period Metallica, Iced Earth circa Matt Barlow-era, and a bit of modern hard rock sprinkled on top …read more