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Ekkaia


Ekkaia was a neocrust band from A Coruña, Spain. Ekkaia started in 1999. In their earlier records they had a prominent real screamo / emo violence touch with some melodic death metal influences. In their later releases, they evolved into a darker crust sound, in the vein of Tragedy; for whom they opened several times during the time Tragedy visited Spain in the early naughts. They can be considered the cornerstone in the Spanish crust scene and one of the most notorious and legendary bands of the neocrust variety, a hardcore subgenre that they helped pioneer and expand beyond what Tragedy had done at the time as well as subsequently influencing important bands such as Fall of Efrafa, Downfall of Gaia and Alpinist plus countless other bands that found and still find inspiration in them. Ekkaia's sound and approach to their version of crust is characterised mainly by a combination of melodic and tremolo picking-styled riffing predominantly derived from Tragedy's signature melodic and epic leads as well as frequent use of the guitar pick slide technique to signal the transition into faster or more grand and emotional riffs/passages seamlessly intertwined with furious d-beat-galloping-styled drumming onslaught plus some downtempo shifts that build a balance between tension and violent release. Sometimes melancholic, other times majestic/powerful guitar leads that go hand in hand with dual male harsh vocals that can be classified between a mix of crust gutturals and screamo...

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