There s more death metal than core going on here, but these guys are brutal without forgetting to write songs which go a long way with me, let's see if they can maintain the moment for all ten songs. They break the pounding up but bring the pig squealing gutturals that are typical for the genre, but it is not a deal breaker. "Souless Lament" pours the speed on. Perhaps too much for their own good. The symphonic elements only soften the blow maringally, but I think it gets them to thinking more as songwriters. There are some breakdowns, but unlike other bands, this is not the whole of who they are and jsut a couple of songs in I prefer this over what Lorna Shore does.
They shred when it is time to solo, which I guess is what you need to do if that is the route you feel compelled to. At the end of the songs, it feels like they just start throwing ideas out. There is a choral flourish in the background of "Feast" that breaks things up. There more space and atmosphere they can give things, the better. "Sanctified Rot" finds them trying to find their way amid the symphony of sickness unfolding."But at least they do not sound like every other deathcore band out there. "Whispers of a Buiied Land" makes me thankful that these guys take more thematic inspiration from death metal bands than hardcore bands.
Interestingly, the way this 5-song EP is on Bandcamp finds 5 instrumental versions of these songs after the original 5. Not sure they demand that treatment, but here we are.. I found this while searching for the best deathcore albums of 2026, and I know we are only halfway in but they might need to raise the bar a bit. I will give this an 8, while this Whitechapel-derived vision of the genre might not be my thing, younger fans might find this as an entry way into death metal, so admire the effort invested here.
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