Danava: Unonou
Label: Kemado
Sounding more like the mind-blowing opening act at a Sabbath show in ‘74 than a contemporary band from Portland, Danava brings heavy to new heights on their sophomore album. The seven highly compositional tracks on “Unonou” epitomize the term epic. Sludgy and riff-heavy rock, bordering at times on prog or bluesy stoner jams, but shying away from metal histrionics in favor of power. Occasional brass arrangements are another unexpected element of what sets Danava’s sound apart from the lurching slow-metal legions, expanding the songs into Zorn-conducting-Blue Cheer like epiphanies and coming off sincere rather than campy, focused and dark rather than ironic.
