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Ok, this is going to be a fairly short and simple review. Kambodge are a band from Russia, and since most of what i find about them is in Russian, i’ll just give you a short snippet of what Last FM has to say about them:

“Kambodge is a metal\alternative\mall emo band from Chelyabinsk(Russian federation). Band formed in 2005…” and “The group’s music is a blend of modern brutal-riffs and punishing-breakdowns coupled with melodic elements and guitar effects.”

I have absolutely no idea what “mall emo” is, so you should probably just ignore that part. Other tags describe them as a “metalcore/hardcore” band, which would fit the bill a whole lot better.

Onto this album…I have no idea what it is called, and i’m not even sure if Russian writing will work on this site. But if so, the album is called Ветром стал. 11 songs, roughly 40 mintues of Russian metal/hardcore/whatever music. I cannot understand a word said throughout the entire thing, but that is quite common even for English speaking bands of this genre.
Despite that, this was a thoroughly enjoyable album. It won’t get me singing along anytime soon (unless i wake up understanding Russian tomorrow!), but it did get my toes a-tappin’ and my feet a’…well, also tapping. The music was fast enough and good enough, and the singing was enjoyable enough for me to really like this album despite the language barrier.
The official Kambodge website is also in Russian, so i’m not entirely sure what is on it; but by the looks of things, they are offering 3 albums for free download (including this one). I highly recommend you download this one and check out the others if you enjoy it!
You can download this album here, and visit the official site here.

ODD.  Seriously odd. That’s the only way to describe this music. It’s a mixture of jazz and hardcore would you believe. When I first downloaded it I figured I’d find it to be shit, but I was intrigued enough to listen anyway, just to see if I could post something a little different. I’m glad I decided to do this, because it was so bizarrely enjoyable! It’s definitely not for everyone, because not everyone can appreciate a jazz/hardcore infusion with no real vocals, but there’s something about it…something smile-worthy. I can’t find out much about the band themselves unfortunately…I can’t even find out where they’re from. All I know is that they started out as a jazz band and progressed into what they are now later on.

It’s a short record (17 minutes) so I say give it a shot if you’re open-minded enough. It’s nice to experience new things, and this was a nice new thing to experience.