This is friggin awesome! Should be re-labeled though, this is nowhere near hardcore

Written by Fallen Ghost on 05.09.2018 at 13:39

This is friggin awesome! Should be re-labeled though, this is nowhere near hardcore

That should do it

Written by RaduP on 06.09.2018 at 22:34

Written by Fallen Ghost on 05.09.2018 at 13:39

This is friggin awesome! Should be re-labeled though, this is nowhere near hardcore

That should do it

Progressive metalcore? I get it that their earlier albums were more towards the hardcore/ metalcore style, but this is more "Progressive" and "Instrumental" don't you think?

Written by Fallen Ghost on 07.09.2018 at 18:58

Progressive metalcore? I get it that their earlier albums were more towards the hardcore/ metalcore style, but this is more "Progressive" and "Instrumental" don't you think?

I might change the genre to progressive if future release strip away the core sound. Until then, progressive metalcore isnt as unfiting as hardcore was

Holy shit! I loved their last one but this is ever better An instrumental AOTY.

Sorry for spamming, but I have to admit that Aric Improta is a GOD behind the drum set

Edit: After numerous listens it's a post-metal abum in my eyes. Don't be fooled by the label here.

"the most exciting instrumental album you'll hear all year"

wow, it turned out to be true !

Spotted these guys a while ago, really nice album but I'm quite surprised it ended up on this site, the correct tags for this would be something like prog/djent/alt. rock. To me it is the djent part that makes it really enjoyable, they keep the balance between neat riffs and sneaky melodies.

Written by Paz on 13.09.2018 at 17:57

Edit: After numerous listens it's a post-metal abum in my eyes. Don't be fooled by the label here.

I dunno the only real post metal band that comes to mind that sounds even close to this is The Ocean. And those guys do prog metalcore as well so

This is awesome.

What's this? An album actually dethroned Amorphis album on our charts? Jesus, I might have to check this out just going off of that alone

Written by Auntie Sahar on 13.10.2018 at 14:55

What's this? An album actually dethroned Amorphis album on our charts? Jesus, I might have to check this out just going off of that alone

It's easily one of my top albums from the year so you should definitely jump on it. The most interesting thing in our top 20 by a fairly wide margin.

Written by Alex F on 14.10.2018 at 05:05

It's easily one of my top albums from the year so you should definitely jump on it. The most interesting thing in our top 20 by a fairly wide margin.

Progressive metalcore definitely sounds enticing, especially if it's good metal core and not the watered down mallcore crap. It's going on my To Listen list then

Written by Auntie Sahar on 17.10.2018 at 02:36

Progressive metalcore definitely sounds enticing, especially if it's good metal core and not the watered down mallcore crap. It's going on my To Listen list then

Yeah honestly that metalcore tag doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me

Written by Alex F on 17.10.2018 at 04:01

Yeah honestly that metalcore tag doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me

Huh. What would you say the sound is closer to then?

I haven't been listening to a super amount of new metal, but this is obviously a frontrunner for post metal AOTY. If it was a little more concise at points, I'd probably be even more enamoured.

But yeah, like others were saying, the drumming is absolutely ridiculous on this album! What a performance. And the moments of djent push this over the edge too!

Written by Auntie Sahar on 17.10.2018 at 04:08

Huh. What would you say the sound is closer to then?

Techy Instrumental modern prog, with a fair amount of quieter ambient-like moments and tracks. It's pretty good, but personally it could do with culling some of the quieter moments.

Best instrumental I can recall in a long while. Great songwriting, excellent musicianship, top-notch engineering, fun samples, and damn...that drummer.

This..this is so great!!

What a masterpiece! 😦

If you like drums, a good groove, a lot of notes, mathness, and no singer this is for you. I really like the way they mixed this, drums are high. Phenomenal straight through, it just gets a little slow for my metalness sometimes, so 9. The zzzzt in trading shadows was cool until it wasn't.

My favorite track is No.0

Very good stuff and surprise of the year for me! This is the first time djent really catches my attention. I might look further into that. Great, great drums and guitars, and the ambient parts often including voice samples add soul to the songs which I often feel is lacking in music without vocals. This could very well be the best instrumental metal album I have heard.

Fantastic album but ... no vocals will make it unmemorable.

Written by hamG on 19.02.2019 at 11:03

Fantastic album but ... no vocals will make it unmemorable.

It's so unmemorable that I got Trading Shadows stuck in my head for pretty much all year long .

Still the best instrumental album in years.