Here comes the hard part – trying to
contain excitement when trying to describe this album to you guys. I
could always go for the lame approach that some damp squibs still use
and break the album down track by track (yawn). I'll keep it simple, I know how rushed everyone is these days...
1. Cryostorm - awesome
2. Vitality - awesome
3. Solacing - awesome
4. I Am Anomaly - awesome
5. Vivify - awesome
6. This Vivid Night - awesome
7. Septentrion - awesome
8. Fate & Evolution - awesome
9. Taciturn - awesome
10. Vorticity Spiral - awesome
11. Apocrypha - awesome
Are these these same songs we heard
back along on Destroyer of Ardor? This band have upped their game considerably. The production is
amazing, everything has been tightened to the level of a witch's cleft! At their
heaviest, the songs blaze with the intensity of a thousand suns. The
vocals are relentless in their ferocity and their schizophrenic
mutation from growl to scream is seamless and impressive.
Do you remember Trigger The Bloodshed?
Meh. Ignominious Incarceration? Barely. They were future of UK Death
Metal apparently - gracing the cover of Terrorizer magazine,
pandering reviews, plenty of interviews (one by yours truly) but
nothing became of them. They didn't have the song writing chops to
back up all the hype. Version is different. Cryostorm have not
been surrounded by lots of media buzz – until now no doubt.
Everything here takes its influences admittedly, but it is fresh and
invigorating to listen to, these songs are instantly memorable. They
have carved out something satisfying from their collective knowledge
of metal.
There is a well balanced blend of
Bloodshot Dawn, Darkest Hour (circa The Eternal Return), Dark
Tranquility, In Flames and Scar Symmetry on show here. While all
the aforementioned have their faults there doesn't seem to be a weak
point on Version. It's all adrenaline all the time, despite
all the songs not being full tempo all the time. The little twists
and turns, the tasty little transitions are all brilliant, like the
Pantera stomping groove on 'Solacing' and the sweet moment at the end of the solo on 'I Am Anomaly'.
But what is more impressive is the real
hooks in these songs. Its all to easy today to make heavy music that
is flaccid and uninteresting, but this album has a creative spark
that can be seen from space, and will propel this band to a big label
and big things no doubt. The only advice I would offer is maybe
deepen the atmosphere a tad, maybe add some more longer or more progressive songs (like 'Apocrypha'). Get of your apathetic arses people,
this one is well worth your time!
Band Page: www.facebook.com/cryostormband
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