SNARM
“Till The End”
Album Review by Iron Mathew

9/10

Snarm are a hard rock band from India, first established in 2011 as The Final Touch, changing their name to Snarm in 2018, and releasing the bands debut album ‘Till The End’ in 2024.

The Guwahati four-piece are just one of a recent wave of rock bands to emerge from India along with the likes of About Us and Fifth Note (to name just two more). However, rather than remaining within the confines of hard rock, Snarm bring touches of glam and classic rock to the fore, drawing inspiration from such luminary bands as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Van Halen, Whitesnake and a host of others that took rock from the seventies into the eighties – the bands sound described as a “dynamic blend of melodic hard rock, progressive nuances and glam rock”. Which is a fairly accurate summation of the nine songs on offer, the one and a half instrumental intro ‘Intro’, setting a tense fuelled atmosphere as it steadily builds to a crescendo…

…’Someday Somewhere’ lurching forth will all the charm of eighties pomp rock! Snarm sizzle with a forty year old rock sound, adding just enough weight and texture to not fall into the “retro-rock” category, ‘Someday Somewhere’ displaying a little of the bands progressive nature too. An infectious and head noddingly attractive opener, ‘Till The End’ roars on with the much more up tempo and energetic ‘Rarest Of Pearls’, landing fairly and squarely right in the heart of hard rock territory. And that chorus too – the stuff of an arena rock sing a long! Title song ‘Till The End’ blends everything the albums first two songs delivered, Snarm bringing a touch of classic AOR to proceedings too, although ‘Till The End’ (the song) still remains at the heavier end of the rock genre.

‘No Rain Can Wash Away’ is a poignant tribute to the bands late bassist Mrinal Manab, who tragically took his own life in 2023 – heart wrenching lyrics and a soul stirring melody conveys perfectly the impact Mrinal had on the band, and the void left behind with his absence. This is emotion fuelled balladry at its finest, ‘No Rain Can Wash Away’ is a lighters in the air moment that any listener who’s gone through the same kind of heartache just may shed a tear to! R.I.P. Mrinal. ‘Till The End’ (the album) maintains the current mellow serenity with a wonderful keyboard passage as ‘Sky High’ turns on its heels to become a hustling, bustling barrage of heavy hitting hard rock, Snarm pounding the ground harder than at other point heard so far. The wide array of rock styles on offer will ensure that there’s something here for everyone, the Indian outfit catering for a myriad of rockers – ‘This Rock ‘N’ Roll Ride’ entering the fray with a foot stomping attitude. An attitude that sees, or rather hears the band batter listeners round the head with a barrage of bold, bombastic hard rock.

And beginning with the sound of rain and thunder, ‘Rain And Thunder’ is a punchy slab of rock to maintain the albums recent bombastic trend! But that said, ‘Rain And Thunder’ roams all over rock territory to deliver a mesmerising mix of hard rock, AOR, and classic rock – Snarm not content to be pigeon holed into just the one genre of rock. One could even call the variety on offer as eclectic – oh wait, I just did! ‘Till The End’ (the album) marches on through balladry once more, listeners raising lighters high in the air as ‘Reignite’ strolls forward with shoulders back and head held high – even a little hymn-like swagger makes a cameo as ‘Reignite’ ambles on by. The album closes with ‘One More Lonely Night’, featuring rock singer Nnipan Basumatary taking over on the mic, Snarm ending their debut album with the most eighties aura ‘Till The End’ (the album) has to offer – the band oozing all the charm and elegance of late eighties American hard rock.

Overall, a heavy hitting and highly varied album of hard rock featuring touches of AOR and classic rock.

TRACKLIST

Intro
Someday Somewhere
Rarest Of Pearls
Till The End
No Rain Can Wash Away
Sky High
This Rock ‘N’ Roll Ride
Rain And Thunder
Reignite
One More Lonely Night

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