This is progressive in that it experiments with sounds, fucks with rhythms, and features odd tempo constructions to cause a big bang of brutal cacophony.
Soilent Green vocalist Ben Falgoust, ex-Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist Sammy Duet, bassist Nathan Bergeron, and drummer Zack Simmons play blackened death metal.
The melodies are here, as are the frequent exchanges between clean and aggressive growl (totally laughable, by the way), and rocking yet totally safe guitars.
Debut from Richmond VA’s noisemakers. Not my specialty, so I’ll just rattle off some toured-withs: A Life Once Lost, The Acacia Strain, Misery Signals.
10 albums deep, these Greek black metallers just keep slogging along. This one’s a bit faster. Never considered them top tier, but never fully dismissed them.
Third release, first properly distroed, from this Spain melodic death band. Like Opeth and Dark Tranquillity minus the genius. Also like Rapture, who I dug.
I like the rock tunes better than the meandering psychedelia, but I’m like that. Great bass work, very Geezer Butler, and I don’t get to say that much.