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EP Review of Oumua: Glass Splinters

This four-song collection from Oumua is an engaging dose of heavy rock. This five-piece band from Kraków incorporates a variety of vocal styles, from straightforward rock vocals to hard rock growls, from thoughtfully introspective musing to heavy metal screams. The underlying music is a blending of a classic heavy rock with more hardcore, aggressive metal influences. The result is a collection of songs that will appeal to a broad range of hard rockers, performed in Oumua’s very own identifiable, engaging, original heavy rock manner.

Quickly examining the songs on the EP: “Pulling Inward” sports a rolling rhythm line. “Surface Reality” is more in-your-face. “Salvation” is drum-driven, with thumping verses and, increasingly, distorted screaming metal vocals as the song progresses. And “Minor Claws” adeptly mixes a more airy musical composition and contemplativeness with aggressively heavy sections.

I absolutely dig Oumua’s metal energy. The stylistic variances found within each of the band’s songs make them interesting listens, driven by the energy and power that defines a great hard rock or metal band. If this sounds like it falls within your preferred musical palate, you’d be remiss not to check out Oumua.

More Recently

You’ll find a pair of newer songs, “Filters” and “Griefcase,” on Oumua’s YouTube page and at the band’s Bandcamp page.

Be sure to check out Oumua’s link tree page for various ways to listen to the band’s music.