Saturday 7 February 2015

Friday: The Voynich Code - Antithesis

     I often suggest a more mellow song for a Friday to help wind your week down into something more relaxed and chill for the weekend. Not so this week. No, heavy is the order of the day for this week's Friday song.

     Portugal's The Voynich Code won't necessarily blow your mind or drop your jaw, genre-wise, but they do bring one tremendously important thing to the table: headbang-worthy heaviness. Their latest release Ignotum contains a lot of elements common to modern metal, including some of the big riffs and scattered synths that characterize melo-djent. But Ignotum blends it all together into something tastier than the sum of its parts.

     For a sample of what I mean, have a listen to "Antithesis", the opening track from Ignotum. I'm a firm believer in the importance of album's first songs, and this one sets the tone perfectly. Turn it on, turn it up, and bang your head.

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