Boston-based Brian Sullivan’s brainchild features lush arrangements with star support from ex-Belly Tanya Donnelly and American Hi-Fi’s Scott Riebling.
As a swan song, Reinkaos is pretty decent, emphasis on decent, as it shows the band deserting black metal and embracing a more melodic heavy metal approach.
While it’s melodic punk and screamo, the melodic punk sounds like Dave Smalley (look it up, kids), and the start/stop “dramatic” parts are less dumb than most.
It’s either some mop-top poserboy who turned 17 so he’s too old to be exploited by Drive-Thru, or it’s a glorious addition to the non-suck world of great pop.
Not what should’ve been Terrorizer/ex-Napalm Death guitarist Jesse Pintado’s last work. A pillar of excellent throughout his career, he deserved a better end.