Freedom of Fear-Nocturnal Gates album review
Freedom of Fear-Nocturnal Gates album review
Only a few
albums so far in 2019 have really blown me away by either sheer aggression or the unexpected
joy of frankly being shocked at the surprising greatness. This can be a band
dropping a great release after a few mediocre ones or a new band that drops a
release so epic, you hit the floor with the shock.
Freedom of Fear, I lay at
your feet.
This five
piece metal tour de force hails from the city of churches, Adelaide. Not that
any of their unholy hymns sound remotely peaceful or as a pathway to religious
glory. For a reasonably young band who have only been around for four years,
the future looks incredible. EVP recordings built the hype on this band, but this is completely warranted. This is peak extreme metal with pretty much the
best-written songs this writer has heard in like 10 years.
It is
actually amazingly hard to pinpoint the exact separate parts that make this
easily one of the albums of the year. One massive standout is the superb song
structure throughout the entire release; many bands that have been writing for
20 years struggle to even touch the sheer craft of this band. Built within this
is an amazing touch of drama that flows perfectly with incredible tempo changes
and buildups and sonic crashes that will astound you. And it doesn’t let up for
the entire album.
Musically
it crushes most international acts. The guitarwork is razor-sharp and whether
it is a quiet moment in a song or a raging solo, it is so captivating. And
again this writer struggles to comprehend how a band so young can construct
such a damn masterpiece. Add to this absolute skin ripping and searing vocals
that will echo the greatest vocal work since the early death metal classics. And
as I mentioned previously it all melts into a flawless extreme music document that makes you breathless.
Genre-wise, why waste time making comparisons to this band and that. I believe they have
a stellar knowledge of most metal genres and have created modern death metal with
beautiful atmosphere and guile. I can’t pick my most favorite tracks, but it
has to be said The Consciousness of Misery is one of the greatest 7:21 minutes
of metal glory you can possibly imagine with sprinklings of melodic death/hardcore
meets black metal in a bare knuckle brawl with abstract jazz and grindcore. And
that’s no exaggeration!. It is absolutely incredible on every level.
Or take the staggering
Amorphous that tricks you into thinking we have a twee groove metal influenced
closing track, but quickly rips you a new one, by introducing you to tempo
change warfare of the highest standard, then at around 4 minutes fucks with
your head even more by dropping a creepy yet shattering solo that escalates
into pure mayhemic metal armageddon. You will have to pick yourself off the
floor from the impact this album will leave on you.
Sheer metal
masterpiece is no understatement here. Listen, buy, steal, beg or borrow to get
this brutal majestic release that is without any doubt one of the best albums
of 2019!.
Watch this:
And
Grab a copy
via EVP recordings, it’s out right now.
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