Metal Underground.com

Spanish duo Wrong plays a dampened, cold style of black metal consistent with the album title "Memories of Sorrow." The five tracks comprising the band's debut recording will make these grey days of winter even grayer. Wrong's emotional soundscapes are not derived from personal anguish, though each song tells a harrowing story. The album is a dark play with nightmarish effects supporting mid-paced, tremolo-picked guitars in the lead. Each filth-ridden, dystopian tale created through simplistic dynamics clocks in at lengthy times - over nine minutes at its longest and six-and-a-half at its shorted.

David Pérez's riffs are catchy and ooze with emotion. Phlegeton's drumming adds speed and intensity to the band's music, pumping his feet and flicking his wrists. Additionally, his use of effects to morph his voice into inhuman dimensions as heard on the shrill screeches at the beginning of "They Look At Me" and "I Prefer So," or the surreal fade on "Now I Remember" add an air of phantasmagoria.

Upfront guitars push the vocals, drums, bass, and piano to the background. This production is nothing new in the realm of black metal and works well in tandem with Pérez's dainty, tear-drop piano notes, adding a distant, dream-like quality to his sounds. Phlegeton's harsh vocal tones, however, needs more volume. The inability to decipher nearly any (even with a lyric sheet) of his words results in his voice becoming just another instrument.

"Memories of Sorrow" works well atmospherically. Vocal effects and delicate piano parts juxtaposed with loud, plodding guitars result in an ebon atmosphere most fans of depressive black metal will surely take to. Some guitar parts such as "Through The Slit" really stand out. The bending notes on this track fall somewhere between Katatonia and Blus Aus Nord. This track is a fine example, though, of how the band creates memorable riffs that become stale after a few minutes. It will be interesting to hear if Wrong improves upon these aspects on album number two.