
Leprous – Malina
According to their press release, the album took four times as long
for them to make as previous records did, but the results never sound belabored. Indeed, the
final product is well worth the effort.
According to their press release, the album took four times as long
for them to make as previous records did, but the results never sound belabored. Indeed, the
final product is well worth the effort.
See that guy? The one who looks a little dangerous? That is the personification of Candle.
Bison take rage and violence and make it atmospheric and calming. They take beauty and make it viscerally deadly.
From the time the album starts to the time it finishes you are bombarded with the sounds of what can be described as a chaos that meshes really well together.
An interview with Full Scale Riot.
Just looking at the promo photo and album cover gives you a good idea how these guys are going to sound. They look like the 1980’s.
The quartet, split between Poland and the UK, play the kind of grind that I love. That is, they get all in your face and scream their leftist politics, spittle flying.
Clearly, the old school Bay area thrash sound is not played out though, as the band uses waves of well placed riffs to makes an older sound seem both current and traditional.
It’s not everyday that you stumble onto something that growls of war, conquest, and death.