This death metal band hails from Switzerland, they have two vocalists: Randy Schaller from Voice of Ruin and Sonia Kaya. While there are hints of the metal-core band they self-identify as they feel more like a death metal band to me. There is plenty of bouncing groove to what they are doing. It feels like they are aware of Slipknot, but not trying to be new metal, in fact, there is some tremolo picking going on during the title track that shows there is some black metal influence in the mix, which I would be more surprised if a death metal band from Europe did not have any. This mood also continues to some extent in the song after it though it employs more deliberate accents.
I like that these guys write fairly concise songs, rather than sprawling epics. It means they are fairly focused on having defined riffs you can make sense of rather than just throwing a bunch of jagged riffs at you in random time signatures. "Dying Melody" is one of the album's strongest songs thanks to the syncopation that keeps the need to headbang at the forefront. "Minuit" is not as clearly defined as a song as it faded into chugs and screaming on my first listen. "Decembre Noir" is blackened enough to cast more of a shadow but the riff is more fleshed out than the previous song. The after is more straightforward.
The tremolo picking keeps coming with "Nocturnal Terror' though it crunches down into a more impressive groove on the verse. The last song sits squarely in the middle of all of these sounds they have conjured to throw at you throughout this album. I am still not sure they need two vocalists, but that is how it is, They are excellent at creating a viciously dark metal with a mean spirit that I do not forsake songwriting so I am giving this one a 9, If you want something that rides the lines between death metal, black metal and death core then this album is for you.
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