Ahymsa is a well kept secret from London. They play a musical blend of progressive hardrock, psychedelic stoner and acidfolk. Very varied and with a retro feel you don’t hear from that many bands even though many tries. The record starts out with some chilled piano intro turning into a hard-hitting riff-o-rama and from there the music constantly progresses with elements of both late ‘60s heavy acid rock and early ‘70s hardrock leaving you breathless because the tempo is mostly in the fast lane. “Astra” is a song that starts out as a complete acid trip with drone pipe and percussion but ends in a short burst of ‘70s metal. Closing song “Life in the Sand” incorporates both heavy riffing and slow psyched out passages and ends as the record starts with a piano outro. This recording is from ’06 but the band is soon releasing a new demo and states that their sound has progressed! Wow, if one progress further from this it’s gonna be fantastic. The only minor weak point to me is the production of the vocals that seems a bit sloppy concerning the apparently dubbed backing vocal, but the singing in itself is marvelous and taken directly from ancient times.
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Ahymsa is a well kept secret from London. They play a musical blend of progressive hardrock, psychedelic stoner and acidfolk. Very varied and with a retro feel you don’t hear from that many bands even though many tries. The record starts out with some chilled piano intro turning into a hard-hitting riff-o-rama and from there the music constantly progresses with elements of both late ‘60s heavy acid rock and early ‘70s hardrock leaving you breathless because the tempo is mostly in the fast lane. “Astra” is a song that starts out as a complete acid trip with drone pipe and percussion but ends in a short burst of ‘70s metal. Closing song “Life in the Sand” incorporates both heavy riffing and slow psyched out passages and ends as the record starts with a piano outro. This recording is from ’06 but the band is soon releasing a new demo and states that their sound has progressed! Wow, if one progress further from this it’s gonna be fantastic. The only minor weak point to me is the production of the vocals that seems a bit sloppy concerning the apparently dubbed backing vocal, but the singing in itself is marvelous and taken directly from ancient times. 
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