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Osyrus is a band that I had described to me as a mix of the "modern metal" leaders, which are Nickelback and Disturbed
and such. Luckily, there are more parts of departure from this, then there are simularities. To me, they sound like an eighties
metal band stuck in ballad mode. There are no songs that are "fast", but there are no songs that do not have the standard
song structure of what metal used to be. There are solid melodic hooks in all of the songs, followed by a solo, that is not
masturbatory, but at the same time, they have some flash.
The reference to eighties metal might stop people from listening, for fear of a high "cheese" factor, but there is none
of that here. What is present is heavy riffing, with a clean vocalist over top. The vocalist at times reminds me of Nickelback
or Disturbed, but there is more going on in the background then those bands. Also, the actual music bares little resemblance
to such bands. If the vocalist was less polished, they would leave these comparisons behind.
My judgment is thus: Osyrus shall continue to produce quality music, and should learn to shift gears out of ballad, to
balls-to-the-wall metal. I have a hard time labelling them metal due to such, but I find that I cannot demote them to the
"alternative metal" or "nu-metal" label.
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