Suicide Silence will celebrate the 10th anniversary of “The Cleansing” on a U.S. tour with Upon A Burning Body, Winds Of Plague (select dates), Slaughter To Prevail, and Prison.
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Suicide Silence's forthcoming self-titled album ('Suicide Silence') is now available for streaming via Spotify. The album is out now via Nuclear Blast Records.
If you listen to metal, you're halfway to hell already (according to society), but if you want to get there quicker, try putting on one of these songs.
Suicide Silence will begin recording our new album next week with Steve Evetts at the helm. View a message from the band below
This record will be the grittiest, most meaningful piece of work we’ve ever stood behind. We cannot wait for everyone to hear it. Steve Evetts is someone we’ve worked closely with for a long while, not only on The Black Crown, but also on some instrumental demos just prior to the tragedy last Fall. Here we are a year later prepping to record the nastiest, heaviest, most disgusting work we’ve ever done. Expect the unexpected. This is for Mitch.
Singularity will be released in North America on November 5th. Produced and mixed by Will Putney (Lamb Of God, Suicide Silence, Fit For An Autopsy), Singularity has already won mass acclaim for its blend of post-hardcore and modern metal upon its Australian release earlier this year.
Australia, a country that have, in recent years, spewed forth some of the biggest hitters in modern Metal. Whether it be big acts such as Parkway Drive, heavy and destructive acts such as Thy Art Is Murder and Make Them Suffer or something devastating such as Destroyer 666, it is apparent that Metal is something that seems celebrated over there. So where does Metalcore Aussie act Northlane stand amongst such tantalizing bands? Apparently rather damn high up the ladder.
'Singularity' is the second album from a band that are easily becoming the next hot property in the Metalcore scene. Whereas Capture the Crown seemingly tried to recreate Asking Alexandria's first album, Northlane decided to take their own path. Mixing heavy chugs, well-balanced keyboard work with precise drumming and some of the most ground-breaking vocal work within the current scene, Northlane prove to us all that they are more than just another Metalcore band.
Starting off their Metalcore attack is the intro opener ‘Genesis’. People could draw similarites to Asking Alexandria intros but this is by far heavier and better than any Asking Alexandria intro to date. ‘Genesis’ moves into ‘Scarab’, a heavy yet wonderful track. Making good use of vocal versatility, heavy chugs, well placed synthesizers and well-executed drumming, it is something that sets the landmark of the albums genuine feel. It has everything you expect from modern Metalcore but with a little twist added into it in order to produce that extra kick you get when listening to this album.
The album moves through its several tracks, keeping its turbo-charged assault on the senses with songs that constantly change in their tone and approach, with hard-hitters ‘Worldeater’, single ‘Quantum Flux’, ‘Masquerade’, which features Stray From the Path frontman Drew York, and title-track ‘Singularity’ standing out. The last track, entitled ‘Aspire’, is a fitting end to an album that doesn’t give up, not loosing any of its power throughout.
An album that showcases all sorts of vocal power, well-placed techno aspects, heavy chugs and melodic riffs with a fitting bassline and suitable drumming is something to be proud of and it is clear that Northlane are heading towards big things. The album is balanced out perfectly with great sound quality due to the high production quality. It is mixed extremely well and keeps its listener engaged, with all songs having their subtle differences to appear more interesting.
There isn’t much to say about this album because, in the end, you’re either going to love it or hate it. This is one of those albums you have to witness yourself before making up your mind.
So then, well produced, a great balance between heavy riffs, melodic riffs, devastating bass-lines, precise drumming, great synth grooves and versatile vocals and an all round great album. But yet this is something you need to decide for yourself. If you love Metalcore, you’ll love this album but if you’re a little skeptical then just give it a listen. You never know, you may just end up liking what you hear. This is more than a mere standard Metalcore album, it is a little gem within the Metal community.
This is something to behold and appreciate and, in terms of Metalcore albums, is something that is damn bloody excellent. By far the best Metalcore album of this year and this is one of the more surprising releases so far. Well-balanced, this is something that everyone should learn to appreciate. Northlane, you have hit gold with this gem.
9/10
- Asa
Strychnia's new EP “Reanimated Monstrosity” is easily the most impressive set of songs to come from a band of this stature. Not only is the quality extremely good but these songs hold up and greatly surpass any other band in this genre of music.
The hard hitting guitar solos, fast paced blast beats, and gut-wrenching screams that are showcased in these songs will surprise any listener that they are coming from a local-sized band. This collection of music represents a perfect execution of a thrash metal sound as well as technical skill.
One song that can speak for the band’s sound as a whole would be “War Sermon”. This song has a classic metal feel, but with a modern thrash spin put to it. It sums up the EP as a whole and really rolls the band’s sound into one song. Another song to make a note of is the title track and opener “Reanimated Monstrosity”. Not many openers can excite and immerse the listener as deeply as this one. It energizes and immediately addicts the listener to the powerhouse sound that this band brings to the table.
When it comes to criticisms…well that’s just it. I couldn’t find any. I always want to give a band a fair review from an objective standpoint and to be honest about the good parts and the bad parts no matter how much I like the band or enjoy the genre, but I just don’t have any complaints about this EP. I was very apprehensive when I saw the ending song to be a Pantera cover, but it fits in perfectly with the rest of the fluid synergy of this EP. Every song has a consistent style to it and an easy distinction.
Whether you are a thrash fan or not, this album is easily one of the best EP’s of the year and one of the best modern thrash sets out there. Coming out of a local band from NJ, this is more than impressive. From the well crafted songs to the pure mind-blowing skill that this band ties into the structure of their sound; they really bring a refreshing style to the table of modern metal. Hats off to these guys, and keep an eye out for them.
10/10
- Nic
Strychnia have a new EP coming out on May 14th and vocalist Kevin O’Laughlin has the lowdown on each track!
Reanimated Monstrosity
Bringing the band back! That’s what this song represents, as well as the EP. The band is the ‘Monstrosity’ and we’re bringing it back to life, or ‘Reanimating’ it. So we’re metaphorically portraying ourselves as this sickening beast and we’re rising from the dead to come back and just unleash hell and violence. We’re gonna “crush through the opposition” and nothing will stop us. Now that we’ve given you the idea, you can pretty much just read through the entire song and relate everything to our reform. We added in some gore because we love it, so the parts that John of Dying Fetus sings over, he’s basically talking about dethroning the enemy and killing them. “Spinal cord submission” can portray paralysis and “carving out the throat” can represent silence. Again, the whole idea behind this song is just coming back and destroying everything. We want to be on top of the NJ scene and eventually the fucking world!
War Sermon
The lyrics in war sermon are like the tortured screams of the oppressed peoples scattered across remote corners of our world. The innocent people that suffer under violent military regimes, or religiously corrupted governments. “Indoctrination reactivate” as in feed them lies, think as we think, do as we allow. “Lunatic prophets derange the poems,” meaning a person of power twisting the supposed holy words of god into a new meaning used to control others.
Unfortunately many people are similar to sheep that will follow a master and would never bite the hand that feeds them. “Faithless freedom seekers aim to shift the trend through violent means an upheaval crumbles monuments.” Some however, will rise up violent and strong against their oppressors, which is what’s depicted in those lines. Those at the top will always want to keep those at the bottom where they are. When it comes down to it, it’s for their own power and greed. “For power and greed the war sermon shall bleed.” The war sermon is the message of hate they preach to the people and hypothetically bleed on to them. BLEED!
Killdozer
This song is about an army of cybernetic abominations pulverizing a town and essentially taking over the world. Each abomination could be considered a “Killdozer” and we got really in depth describing their features and some of their actions. “Biomechanical mutations, synthesizing blood for fuel. Iron plates, seeping, human plasma…” We really wanted to create a vivid image in the readers head. These monsters are ripping apart the town and harvesting human remains and converting it into resources.
This was a really fun song to write, and we got the idea from an actual story about a guy who armor-plated a bulldozer and started cruising through his hometown and destroying buildings/houses of people who screwed him over. Obviously that’s not that interesting when you break it down but the concept of turning that into a fictional story and making it brutal for metal… that’s fucking cool!
Cephalectomy
Vengeance is sweet. This song describes a new method of execution or death penalty. Imagine a system, where criminals are killed by families of murder victims. So these criminals have ruined these people’s lives, and now they have a chance for redemption. Now obviously we had to spice this up a bit and make it fit our gore-themed style of writing. So we threw a little twist on it and described these families as if they’re savage beasts and they have NOTHING on their mind but the killing of these criminals. “Solitary confinement of their minds, Infesting urge to kill.”
We then took it further and described the actual killing of these criminals with some lines like “Feeding frenzy, dismemberment, blood for the masses!”. After they kill them of course they have to “disgrace the corpse” and do even more fucked up shit. Although this song is fictional, there are probably people out there who would love this concept! When things come up like the recent Boston bombings, shit like this comes to mind. If only they could throw those piece of shit terrorists into a “pit of hell”!
Slaughtered
The fifth track on our EP is a Pantera cover so obviously I can’t do any explaining here.
Strychnia have posted a video from their recording sessions for their new EP, Reanimated Monstrosity. It can be seen below.
Today’s feature of “5 Albums That Influenced Me" comes Strychnia vocalist Kevin O’Laughlin. The band are in the studio working on a new EP which should be out in May.
1. The Cleansing - Suicide Silence
This album is easily my biggest influence when it comes to music in general. Mitch is also my biggest influence when it comes to vocals. I didn’t start getting into extreme metal until I was 16 or 17 years old and when I heard this album my mind was just blown, I loved it. It totally motivated me to want to learn how to do those demonic screams. I still don’t think any deathcore band has topped this album. Although, I really don’t listen to a lot of deathcore these days. The genre has gotten a lot worse in my opinion. I’m more into Death Metal, Thrash Metal, and Black Metal these days. And a lot of non-metal lol.
2. Scars of The Crucifix - Deicide
This album was huge for me when I first joined Strychnia. Not only was I being introduced to some new extreme metal… The vocals on this album really heavily influenced some of the overlaps that I do for Strychnia. This album had a lot of low screams with high screams overlapped, and at the time I didn’t really think anyone was doing that in Death Metal. I was new to metal and I had thought overlapping was more of a deathcore thing.
3. Ashes of The Wake - Lamb of God
This album was another big influence on my vocal style for Strychnia. When I first joined the band, I was really more of a deathcore-influenced Vocalist. I needed to change it up a bit and I needed to add more variety to the tones that I could scream. I didn’t do this consciously, but I definitely used Randy’s mid-screams as a big influence for my own “mid-scream”. I think another thing that led to this was the fact that we used to cover the song “Now You’ve Got Something To Die For” when we first started playing shows together.
4. Negation - Decapitated
Mmmm… good ol’ Decapitated. Haha. BIG influence on my low screams. I love that “e” sound combined with the foreign accent. I love doing Decapiated-style low screams on Strychnia stuff. Obviously I’ve made it into my own style, but these guys and this album are another huge influence.
5. Tomb of The Mutilated - Cannibal Corpse
This album was a huge influence for me when I was experimenting with a lot of deep guttural screams. Through my learning process as a Vocalist I always wanted to have a variety of styles. I never wanted to be that mono-tone guy. Even though that can sound great for some people, it’s just not for me. I just remember practicing “Hammer Smashed Face” and “I Cum Blood” for hours trying to get those crazy gutturals down.