I'm going to let alliteration be my guide as I try and dig out from the figurative snow that's built up here at Loud Noises as the holidays have sidelined me over the last couple of days -- figurative because much of eastern Canada is in for a very green (or greenish-brown), very mild Christmas. First up is a Sunday post from an old favourite's newest record, and conveniently it's doubly alliterative.
"Servitude" is a spooky, doomy, mostly down-tempo number from this year's Dormant Heart by British band Sylosis that shifts gears in the middle for a thrashy solo section. Regular readers should by now be well aware of both my love for Sylosis and the justifiability of that love in the face of Sylosis' general awesomeness, but any of you who might be new to the Loud Noises party need to get on board, especially if you're not familiar with Sylosis yet. And hey, a Sylosis record would make a sure-fire last-minute Christmas gift for the metalhead on your list.
Showing posts with label Dormant Heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dormant Heart. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Sylosis - To Build a Tomb
Dormant Heart, the latest from British thrash veterans Sylosis, has been out a couple of days now, so it's about time I featured another of their tracks. And as is often the case around album release time, the guys have given me the perfect choice.
How? By doing an in-studio performance video for "To Build a Tomb" and slaying it, that's how. From a performance perspective, everything is bang on and album-tight. From a song or composition perspective, "To Build a Tomb" is all Sylosis: it starts off big and crushing, and ends up thrashy and shreddy, just like it should. Check it out.
How? By doing an in-studio performance video for "To Build a Tomb" and slaying it, that's how. From a performance perspective, everything is bang on and album-tight. From a song or composition perspective, "To Build a Tomb" is all Sylosis: it starts off big and crushing, and ends up thrashy and shreddy, just like it should. Check it out.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Sylosis - Leech
We're going to start the week off right tonight, with a badass video for a sweet new song. Metal Monday lives again!
You should all know by now that I'm a pretty big Sylosis fan. For that reason, the news a while back that the band's got a new record, Dormant Heart, due out in January tickled my fancy very much. The guys have already released one single, "Mercy", but not content to rest on their laurels, Sylosis are being kind enough not to let us just drift in the wind until the new year. A second single is upon us, and it comes complete with an animated video.
The first comparison that many people will make upon seeing "Leech" is to A-ha's rotoscoped video for "Take On Me", and I guess I get that, but to me this one's more reminiscent of Bakshi's Lord of the Rings or even animated sc-fi classic Heavy Metal. It's not really SFW, but don't let that deter you, as it's not too over the top.
But what about the song itself? It's not as fast and thrashy as some Sylosis stuff, instead leaning towards the big and doomy side of the band's skillset. Fear not, though, it's still recognizably the Sylosis you know and love, right down to the tasty little solo. If you're looking for the exact same Sylosis sound as albums past, you might not find it in the first couple of tracks we've heard so far off of Dormant Heart. But I for one am definitely still looking forward to this one. January is shaping up to be a bit of a beast.
You should all know by now that I'm a pretty big Sylosis fan. For that reason, the news a while back that the band's got a new record, Dormant Heart, due out in January tickled my fancy very much. The guys have already released one single, "Mercy", but not content to rest on their laurels, Sylosis are being kind enough not to let us just drift in the wind until the new year. A second single is upon us, and it comes complete with an animated video.
The first comparison that many people will make upon seeing "Leech" is to A-ha's rotoscoped video for "Take On Me", and I guess I get that, but to me this one's more reminiscent of Bakshi's Lord of the Rings or even animated sc-fi classic Heavy Metal. It's not really SFW, but don't let that deter you, as it's not too over the top.
But what about the song itself? It's not as fast and thrashy as some Sylosis stuff, instead leaning towards the big and doomy side of the band's skillset. Fear not, though, it's still recognizably the Sylosis you know and love, right down to the tasty little solo. If you're looking for the exact same Sylosis sound as albums past, you might not find it in the first couple of tracks we've heard so far off of Dormant Heart. But I for one am definitely still looking forward to this one. January is shaping up to be a bit of a beast.
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Sylosis - Mercy
Today's song was an easy choice. A very easy choice. As soon as today's band announced the existence of, and release date for, their latest record Dormant Heart, and subsequently started teasing the release of this song, I knew it would be Song of the Day pretty much as soon as it dropped.
Yesterday's interview with Eidola deserved an accompanying song (and you should go check out both the song and the interview, because Eidola are a rad bunch of dudes making some rad post-hardcore), which is why I didn't join everybody else in posting about the latest from badass Brits Sylosis when it made the rounds over the last day or two.
But today is a new day and we've all got a new Sylosis song to jam, so let's get to it. "Mercy" is the first song to be released from the based forthcoming fourth LP Dormant Heart, due out in January, and while it perhaps isn't quite as shreddy or quite as blisteringly fast as some of my favourite Sylosis material, it is still new Sylosis, which means it does still have healthy doses of both.
Now I just have to decide whether the tease that is "Mercy" will make waiting for January easier or harder.
Yesterday's interview with Eidola deserved an accompanying song (and you should go check out both the song and the interview, because Eidola are a rad bunch of dudes making some rad post-hardcore), which is why I didn't join everybody else in posting about the latest from badass Brits Sylosis when it made the rounds over the last day or two.
But today is a new day and we've all got a new Sylosis song to jam, so let's get to it. "Mercy" is the first song to be released from the based forthcoming fourth LP Dormant Heart, due out in January, and while it perhaps isn't quite as shreddy or quite as blisteringly fast as some of my favourite Sylosis material, it is still new Sylosis, which means it does still have healthy doses of both.
Now I just have to decide whether the tease that is "Mercy" will make waiting for January easier or harder.
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