DAEMIEN FROST

'Spirito Di Daemo'

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The band name may scream dodgy power metal and the title may scream dodgy Italian power metal, but the truth be told, Ireland's Daemien Frost were purveyors of a unique brand of confusing and skittish, skronkified, math rock angularity. Were because 'Spirito Di Daemo' is the band's posthumous release featuring - we're assuming - the last four songs the drums, guitar and two bass instrumental outfit wrote, a re-mastered version of their first album, 'Corpus Daemo' and a DVD loaded with documentary, live footage, and promo video content. Daemien Frost mirror their strange din - a sound that'll make one think of a twisted and warped Battles, Don Caballero, Gooloo or Othrelm - with equally off-beat embossed cardboard packaging held together with rivets. And hey, when you have music this left of everything, why not throw in a red and gold fold-out poster that looks like it'd be better suited hanging in a faux-Mexican restaurant downtown? In Daemien Frost's world, this sort of thing somehow makes perfect sense.

8/10 - Kevin Stewart-Panko