FALL & RESIST - DISSOLVED IN MISERY EP: The Ballarat Legends Return with Their Darkest Hour as reviewed by Mark Jenkins.

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FALL & RESIST - DISSOLVED IN MISERY EP



The Ballarat Legends Return with Their Darkest Hour

Released August 5, 2025

Listen up, freaks—Fall & Resist just dropped a goddamn masterpiece, and if you're sleeping on this, you're part of the problem. These Ballarat warriors have been grinding in the trenches for YEARS, and Dissolved in Misery is their blood-soaked victory lap. Four tracks that'll rearrange your spine and rewire your brain.

THE SONIC CARNAGE:

"Living the Lie" kicks the door off its hinges with Frosty's throat-shredding howls cutting through riffs sharper than broken glass. This isn't just melo-death worship—it's channelling At the Gates' primal fury through a modern meat grinder. The accompanying lyric video? Bleak as a morgue at midnight, matching every desperate scream about deception and self-destruction. First track in, and your neck's already destroyed.

"Moments of Clarity" proves these legends know dynamics. Haunting melodies weave through Rory Pyers' earth-moving bass lines while Frosty balances pure rage with moments of vulnerability that'll crack your ribcage open. It's that rare beast—heavy as hell but emotionally devastating. In Flames wishes they still sounded this vital.

"Cogs in the Machine" is straight-up circle pit terrorism. Martino's drums hit like sledgehammers to the skull while the band unleashes Machine Head-level groove violence. This is American-style breakdown brutality filtered through Australian grit—a system-smashing anthem for every wage slave ready to burn it all down.

"The Destruction (The Resurrection)" closes this nightmare with post-metal ambition that'll leave you speechless. Clean acoustics and piano build atmospheric dread before the band crushes you with Isis-level heaviness. Guest vocals from Distorta add another layer to this epic closer that proves Fall & Resist aren't just following trends—they're creating them.



THE REAL TALK:

This EP represents everything right about the underground. Fall & Resist have been flying under the radar while lesser bands grab headlines, but Dissolved in Misery changes everything. New guitarist Luke Murnane has injected fresh venom into their sound while Frosty's vocals have never been more unhinged. This is their heaviest, most adventurous work yet—a perfect storm of melodic death metal, crushing metalcore, and atmospheric post-metal that most bands couldn't pull off in their wildest dreams.

For the heads spinning Dark Tranquillity, Orbit Culture, Eyes Wide Open and anything with real emotional weight—this EP is mandatory listening. Fall & Resist have crafted something genuinely special here, a cathartic journey through darkness that feels essential in 2025's chaos.

Support the underground. Buy this now! https://fallandresist.bandcamp.com/merch

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These legends have earned their flowers. Don't sleep.

Reviewed for the pit rats, the outcasts, and everyone who knows real heavy music when they hear it.


– Reviewed by Mark Jenkins for Devil's Horns Zine "Bringing you the music your parents warned you about since 2018 " LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SUPPORT THE ARTISTS (AND US) BY SPREADING THE WORD, FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND REPOSTING OUR WORKS...SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND AND OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE NO COMMERCIAL GAINS. And: Music is not a commodity, it's a community. Your art should reflect your truth, not what others want to hear. Ian MacKaye.

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