Conceptually devoted to the turmoil of poor mental health, Listen To Me proceeds to detail our protagonist’s struggle with self and the desire to escape from the weight of uncertainty, isolation and pain.
Metal
Celebrating collaborative power with a mighty rock arrangement and song, FACE FORWARD brings passion, precision and inspiration to the forefront of modern music.
Technical precision and haunting lyrical darkness present a journey from relatable resentment of the rat-race through to the horrors of self-destruction, death and the inescapable grip of time.
All at once we get hints of influence from the depths of metal, progressive rock and even the likes of Radiohead during those verses. The middle-third in particular shifts towards an anthemic, prog-rock vocal thread or chorus, prompting a slick and dreamy guitar solo that helps really secure the effective structure of this post-seven-minute release.
Soaring rock soundscapes create an instantly immersive, evocative realm – within which the right fusion of melody, passion and grit can make for an unrivaled listen…. Enter Set The Sun.
Oakland alt-rockers The Angry Toons delve into the creative abyss, with their intense and stylistically limitless new album Toonomincon.
When worlds collide, the euphoric and dreamy embrace of ambient synths and the distortion, passion and pace of metal – Major Moment unite delicacy and weight, for Toxic.
A post-hardcore sound of their own, sometimes accessible on a broader level, at other times fearlessly connected to the depth and pain of its inspiring sentiments.
Complex and chaotic as per the haunting undertones of a relentless piano progression and soaring distorted guitars – Of The Fallen recraft the deathcore identity, with the fearlessly intense Harlots.
The lightness of indie shoegaze is quickly elevated by passionate and bold vocals, soon evolving into a wholly unexpected hard-rock realm as that passion rises further still – Torch The Hive provide the essential escapism we need right now.
Heavy with the weight of hard-rock yet melodic and contemplative in line with a devoted solo songwriter, Coty Calloway’s COMPROMISED pierces through the noise of the scene with a nostalgic and mighty presence.
Mourning Sun are a band who whole-heartedly commit themselves to the attitude, angst and intensity of metal, yet also weave in that crucial element of musicality and audience-awareness.