A mix of thrash, death, and prog, they shred, the vocals roar then soar warblingly, harmonize with the best of them, then they trip you up like Meshuggah.
While I prefer the over-stuffed production of Devin Townsend, Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree fans have a new French composer/performer to watch develop.
Think Berklee musicians are douchebags? Arsis are your wake up call. Technical death metal, brilliantly played, amazingly produced, and gory as a machete wound.
Any band who can play like Meshuggah and sing like Nevermore’s Warrel Dane or Geoff Tate (and sometimes King Diamond), well, there’s something to check out.
Now that it’s trendy for metal bands to “broaden their horizons” by putting out passable acoustic albums, I guess I should’ve expected this from Trustkill.
Rock’n’roll that sometimes gets dark, soulful, or manic, and often finger-snaps at mid-tempos, slurring vocals and sliding riffs for your staggering pleasure.