The Ember, The Ash

https://theembertheash.bandcamp.com

The Ember, The Ashfixation / out now via prosthetic recordsFixation, released 14 May 20211. Strychnine2. Fixation3. Becoming the Eidolon4. The Colossal Void5. Celestial Fracture (The Tempest)6. A Growing Emptiness7. Consciousness Torn from the Void"The blueprint laid down throughout Fixation's 37 minutes is a curious hybrid of symphonic black metal and elegant metalcore. Within, there's room for surprising detours such as the Spanish guitars on 'A Growing Emptiness' or the black-metal-goes-Muse approach that provides an outro for 'The Colossal Void'. Some might baulk at such a preposterous proposition on paper, but the sheer exuberance of the music makes it difficult not to be swept up in its bombast. 8/10"- Metal Hammer Magazine"Blessed with a production that favors infernal squall over the immaculate squeak of a Pro Tools grid, "Fixation" loudly demonstrates its creators' allegiance to the dark side. Far more than any of their blackened peers, THE EMBER, THE ASH make this willful combining of disparate elements sound like the most natural thing in the world."- blabbermouth.net"The Ember, the Ash has a sound dominated by loud, grimy guitars that are sharp as knives and a vocal style that screams (yes, literally) “-core.” Said screams are a bit of an acquired taste, but they suit the music well; dark, it’s jagged, and symphonic for sure, with distant synths coating the grimy riffs with a gloomy edge that makes the song more digestible for those who aren’t big on deathcore and its related styles."- angrymetalguy.com"Fixation‘s first single and opening track is called “Strychnine,” and it’s a frantic, furious two-and-a-half-minute wallop with a screeching guitar riff and a growling fight-music energy. While most of 鬼’s music seems like an attempt to navigate a difficult inner landscape, “Strychnine” is the kind of discordant fight music that reminds me of prime Converge. It kicks ass."- stereogum.com"Unpredictably hard-hitting but dramatically sweeping, the record is stream-of-consciousness view into the mind of a modern metal fan. One minute, you’re getting helpings of Slipknot and Code Orange; the next it’s Emperor, Naglfar, and Sigh; then blindsiding doses of Polyphia and Igorrr kick in. The end product is hard to turn off, and seems to herald a new sound that could believably sweep across metal as a whole — if it doesn’t alienate everybody along the way."- wearethepit.com"The much-awaited sophomore album Fixation takes a bold and unflinching deviation away from the already established sound and launches The Ember, The Ash into a new world of possibilities and a genre-defining supernova of colliding styles. This explosion of sound brings a veritable showcase of metal flavors, from the ever-present metalcore and symphonic black metal to more mainstream influences."- newnoisemagazine.com

Category: Arts & Entertainment

Country: United States of America (US)

Currency : USD

Platform: Bandcamp

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