Fractal is a band originating from the Mexican city of Tijuana and having their place on the country's music scene for seven years now. The trio play guitar post-rock with elements of post-metal. They recently released an album called El Reflejo de la Ausencia.
The album labeled with a picture of an angry hyena, from the very first moment spoke to me with its doom guitars and post-metal vocals in very post-rock compositions. Plus, there are also atmospheric but also gloomy sounds of the string section provided by Cuarteto Vira in the backgrounds of Fragmentos and Lucrecia (although I'm pretty sure I heard them in other tracks too). Those longest compositions are something that makes the best impression. Very diverse, changing pace and concepts all the time, you can safely say they are more jazzy-, classical-like and less post-rockingly ordered. Anyhow, this is some impressive and interesting approach to the guitar instrumental music.
El Reflejo de la Ausencia costs whatever you want to pay.
Check: Fragmentos
Country: Mexico
Genre: doom post-rock
