Suffering so you don't have to!
Metalcatto
This is a tough one. There are few bands more respected and loved than Enslaved in our colourful little community. However, I haven’t been genuinely happy with the band’s output since Axioma Ethica Odini. Well, though Riitiir was pretty good, but surely we can still have some hope for Mið. It’s Enslaved, after all. They should be able to sell us a convincing story and take us somewhere interesting, right? Let’s go, pagans! There are wars to lose out there!
Metalcatto
I’ll say it loud: Hippotraktor is one of the most interesting projects of this decade. This unique blend of Djent, Prog, and Post-Metal has been offering banger after banger, yet it still feels like the band hasn’t reached its full potential—at least not on Stasis. But maybe it has done it on Annihilist. Okay, maybe you should stay and find out. It’s going to be a fun ride.
Metalcatto
It’s been almost a fact that traditional Prog—you know, without ultra-brutal vocals or infinite blastbeats—is kind of dead. The world has just turned into a more cynical and godless place. However, there are still acts that have ignored the calling of oblivion. Temic seems to be one of those. Ceiba is supposed to remind us why it’s still possible to be corny and complex at the same time. Let’s see.
Vicky
Is this the last album I’m late with? Probably not. But is it at least worthy of a review? Absolutely. It reminded me that Prog Metal can also be mellow, without too many jazzy additions (as in, saxophone solo, overuse of keyboards, and others). Don’t get me wrong, those are pleasant too, but sometimes, the bands who appreciate them tend to forget that the point of prog metal is… metal, actually.
Metalcatto
It’s not that I’m a Protest The Hero expert, but I’ve been a fan since Kezia. That means I’m OG, and my opinion matters more than some noob’s, right? Anyway, I don’t think the band has an album below a 4.0 out of 5.0. Its blend of Prog, Mathcore, and Metalcore has made this project one of the most unique out there. Not to mention the almost optimistic feeling in each one of its releases, no matter how dark the subject actually is. So how do you top such an impeccable career? Let’s find out with Within.
Metalcatto
I love how we went from not hearing anything from Green Carnation in more than a decade to getting two albums in one year. The Metalsphere can be really unpredictable. We already reviewed Part I and Part II, and though I wasn’t as blown away as many other reviewers, I’m still excited to review A Dark Poem Part III: The Messiah Complex. Is this going to be the epic next step in the trilogy, or am I going to fall asleep? Whatever happens, this can’t top Light of Day, Day of Darkness, right?
Thechopstickdrummer
I’m a Star Wars guy, not a Doctor Who guy. If you were to order me to name ten characters from Doctor Who, I’d say TARDIS, Captain Kirk, Superman, and the Pillsbury Doughboy. I’m joking, I’m joking. I do know, however, of the “Weeping Angels,” a race of Doctor Who aliens that appear as statues and move to send victims into the past when unobserved. Pretty terrifying, if you ask me. Weeping angels also appear in real life, mostly on gravestones to symbolize grief and mourning. Whether New York’s Weeping Angel drew their eponymous title from TV or a graveyard isn’t clear; what is clear is their progressive metalcore tendencies and the release of their newest album.
