Sylosis is an example of a band that's been around for quite a long time - 11 years - but only in 2008 they released their debut album.
And since then, one could realize that this not-so-amateur amateur band already had the potential to be one of the bands in modern
Metal - more specifically modern Thrash
Metal - that we should should keep an eye on.
Since the previous "
Conclusion of an Age", that critics and fans were surprised with the record's quality, even more since it was a debut album. It had a beautiful mixture of Thrash
Metal and Melodic Death
Metal, with a little Metalcore and all that mixture being "watered" by Progressive.
And after that album it happened like it does to every band, the pressure of the second album falls upon them. Adding to that, they lose their vocalist Jamie Graham. So, guitarist Josh Middleton just jumps to the front and works the vocal part beside his usual guitar. To some, that already is a reason for this album "
Edge of the Earth" to be considered inferior than the previous one, becuase of the new voice sounding strange to them. But it's not a very plausible reason, due to the unique quality and excellent progression that is found in this record.
They keep a similar formula to the previous record, taking away a bit of the Metalcore part, to make sure that they stablish themselves with their own style and a singular sound.
That Thrash approach - a little bit Bay
Area old school style also with a little of modern Thrash
Metal - with some Swedish-style Melo-Death, building up songs with a Progressive
Metal structure makes the respect for
Sylosis increase, in a way one can even declare that this record is an example of how modern
Extreme Metal is supposed to sound. Like I read in another review to this record once, what some of the more recent heavy bands, - the one that wrote the article I read used
Trivium as an example -
Sylosis are doing it in its perfection and how it is supposed to be done.
It's a long record, so it's a bit difficult to absorb at its first listening, but we immediately feel the impact of the riffs, the powerful vocals, all the technical instrumentalization - without exaggerating -, and even with loudness and power reigning, one can still take some interesting melodies from here. Enough to make us want to hear it again and eventually be able to retain the record in the mind properly and recognize each song by itself.
Some "anthems" to highlight can be the opening track "
Procession", the promo single "Empyreal", instrumental "Where the Sky Ends", or the ending track "From the
Edge of the Earth", longest track on the record. But in general, for anyone who likes any kind of
Extreme Metal, this is a CD worth to listen and
Sylosis is a band whose future is worth to follow.
Original article written in Portuguese on my blog.
So, sorry if it sounds a bit cheesey sometimes in the text, it sounded better in Portuguese.
Rating: 16/20
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