The Color Of Rain was last years’ surprise to me, and probably also the EP that I listened to the most last year. For people who’ve read my reviews before, you know I love progressive metal. I also like black metal a lot, so their unique blend of music is a perfect fit. Meslamtaea falls somewhat in the same boat, so it would only make sense for me to like them, too. Let’s dive into this split.
Releasedate: 21.06.2024
Gallamesh is a new modern metal band from Amsterdam, and they just released their debut EP Conditioned Pt.1. We really liked their previously released singles, so we were excited to give the full EP a listen.
Phoenix Ashes komt na vijf jaar met nieuwe single
Met de single ‘Oceans’ beëindigt de post hardcore formatie Phoenix Ashes officieel een periode van stilte. Hiermee wil de band uit het zuiden van het land zichzelf weer op de muzikale kaart zetten.
De band timmerde hard aan de weg voordat de wereldwijde pandemie zijn sluier over de wereld wierp. Zo openden ze voor hun muzikale helden Funeral For A Friend (UK) en speelden ze op festivals als Jera on Air en het Bevrijdingsfestival Limburg. Daarnaast werden tours gedaan door Zuid-Europa, Rusland en Indonesië. Ook stond er een sterk plan klaar voor een full-length plaat waar al een deel aan materiaal voor was geschreven. Tussendoor bracht de band nog een live opgenomen album uit met akoestische versies van hun normaal stevige repertoire. Het grote gat dat covid in de weg sloeg had impact op de band, zowel muzikaal als op persoonlijk vlak. Deels uitgeschakeld door burn-out van verschillende leden belandde de band in een hiatus.
Vijf jaar na het uitbrengen van ‘Live & Unplugged’ zijn de plannen omgegooid en doken de heren en dame de studio in voor het opnemen van een EP. Samen met producer Erwin Hermsen van Toneshed Recording Studio werkten zij aan een vernieuwd geluid waarbij nog meer nadruk werd gelegd op de sterke punten in hun sound: melodieuze, harmonische zang, zware gitaarriffs met screams en een vleug elektronica.
Inmiddels stond Phoenix Ashes afgelopen najaar al op het metalfestival The Rock Circus. De single Oceans moet met een knal bevestigen dat ze weer terug zijn. De songtekst omschrijft het gevoel van verdrinken enerzijds en de aanmoediging om je steun weer onder je voeten te vinden anderzijds. Dit als metafoor voor de mentale problemen waar verschillende bandleden mee te kampen hebben gehad in de periode. Met deze track wil de band meer aandacht vragen voor het onderwerp in de bredere zin.
Elizium, a dark rockband from the Netherlands, just released a new video a few days ago. It’s the latest track from their upcoming album Losing Light, to be released later this year. Check out the track on Spotify or watch the clip on Youtube.
Ja. Toch jammer als je vol enthousiasme wil vertellen over een track die eerder in de tiplijst stond… om er dan achter te komen dat je die track toen nooit gedraaid hebt. Daarom dus twee tracks van Maanvlinder in deze tiplijst! Verder Nederlandse Deathmetal dit keer, onder andere van nieuwe band Mosaic. De tiplijst is te vinden via Mixcloud en Youtube. Enjoy! En laat me weten als ik nieuwe muziek heb gemist! Dat mag ook in person, als je dit weekend op Jera on Air bent. Zie jullie daar!
Tracklist
Mosaic – Harvester
Caffas Rain – Echoes in the Void
Chaos Unleashed – M.A.D
Or Not – Dark Wave
Deafened To Death – DTD
Sordid Empire – Sordid Empire
Maanvlinder – Je Eigen Koers
Bok – Metastasis Dei
Maanvlinder – De Tranen van Gister
The Into The Grave festival is a small metal festival at a unique location, in the middle of Leeuwarden. With two stages there is plenty of room to discover new metal bands, besides the obvious headliners. This year the festival was held from June 7th to June 9th. MetalFromNL was there to make a report and take pictures. See if we captured your metalhead spirit!
Photos by Jose Fereira (@foto.morfose)
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Photos by Jose Fereira (@foto.morfose)
Releasedate 31.05.2024
Everything Decays started out under a different bandname, but have since released two singles and now, an EP. The EP with the forever-to-be-remembered impossibly long name ‘Requiem 1: The Serial Killer’s Symphony of Liberation, Deliverance and Relief, that is. Or, Requiem 1 for short. Let’s head into this serial killers tale and hear what we we thought of it.
Requiem 1 is a concept album that tells the tale of a serial killer from beginnging to end. From the start of the tale with The Monster That You Made Of Me to the inevitable Suicide, and the Legacy he (or she) leaves, the tale is complete. Expect deep growls, powerful screams and at times, spoken word, and haunting female voices. Everything Decays classify themselves as groovy deathcore. With two vocalists to take on that role, expect heavy, groovy tracks with the occasional blastbeat and breakdown.
The Creation: The Monster That You Made Of Me kicks off the album with groovy death metal right away. Everything Decays play groovy deathcore, so none of that grimy sounding guitars but instead, crisp and clear sound and groovy riffs. If you would have labeled it modern deathmetal, I would have bought it too. It’s fast until the break at the very end. The ‘No more hiding from me, anymore’ part and the groovy part right after leaves us wanting for more.
After the creation, we fall into The Addiction. We hear a whole different side of the female vocalist, and a different side of Everything Decays. Again we have the groovy repeating riffs, but we have to wait till the second part of the song for the blastbeats and the fast chugs. This song is very well thought-out, with the lyrics and the music complementing each other well. The gang vocals ‘there’s always something new’ seem haunting in light of the track. And because it’s a concept album, the vocal at the end ease us into the next track ‘The Collection’ with the lyrics: Welcome to my gallery.
Not that there’s anything easy with The Collection. It is probably the most moshable track on the album right off the start. Everything Decays manages to combine the fast deathmetal parts with the groovy riffs well. It makes for an interesting listen where you want to bang your head and smash all the furniture around you. The vocalist shows again on this track that she is way more than a one-trick pony. Again the clean vocals, fitting the groove metal vibe well, shine throught at the final part of the track, which leads us to Suicide.
The Suicide kicks off with the blastbeats and a very poppy chordprogression for the heaviness of the subject. Besides the expected growls, there are almost rap-like spoken word parts on this track as well, adding to the story. The riffs on this track are interesting, becuase they consistently aren’t what you expect. From being just one note off of what you’d logically expect in the mainriff, to bringing groovy parts where you wouldn’t expect, or just the poppy chordprogression in the intro. Everything Decays manages to make this track interesting to listen too. And with the ending of the track after ‘ We became the monsters, lurking in the dark’, or just that whole part, it’s almost progressive metal.
The Legacy was a track that we’ve heard before. I remember talking about this track on our tiplijst, being surprised by the vocals and the riffs. Again, an almost progressive track with a lot of variation and interesting parts, groovier than some of the others.
Requiem 1 is a super interesting album to listen too, cause there’s a lot of surprises, even though I spoil many of them in the review. If you’re into groove metal, definitely give this album a listen. There are deathcore references in the album, but that’s certainly not the mainvibe. The most interesting track to me is probaly The Suicide. However, I’’d recommend listening to this album as a whole, because you’d get the full story and the tracks make a lot more sense that way.
You can find Everything Decays on Facebook or in our database.
The Creation: The Monster That You Made Of Me
The Addiction: The Thrill Of The Hunt
The Collection: The Soulless Will Remain
The Suicide: A Last Act of Atonement
The Legacy:Transcended My Mortal Coil
