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Track List
01) Awakening
02) Hand of the Divine
03) Like the Weeds in the Field
04) The Ascent and Decline
05) The Submissive
06) The Apostate
07) Mouthpiece
08) Tormentor
09) Serpent's Tongue
10) Mechanical Breath
01) Awakening
02) Hand of the Divine
03) Like the Weeds in the Field
04) The Ascent and Decline
05) The Submissive
06) The Apostate
07) Mouthpiece
08) Tormentor
09) Serpent's Tongue
10) Mechanical Breath
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2018
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"Tormentor" is the fourth full length studio album from metalcore band The Agony Scene, which was released on July 20, 2018 through Outerloop Records . It is the bands first release since reforming in 2013 and the first in over a decade.
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So-called “comeback” albums can be a dicey affair. Attempts to recapture past glories can easily sound dated and contrived, while efforts to demonstrate progress and evolution can just as easily alienate the very audience who’ve been waiting so patiently for your band’s return.
It’s a difficult line to walk at the best of times, and I’ve lost count of the number of artists who’ve stumbled and fallen while attempting to navigate this particular musical minefield over the years.
However in this particular case The Agony Scene look to have succeeded where so many other have failed by producing an album which sounds like a natural extension of their earlier work – albeit one informed by a solid decade of growth and experience – as well as an exploration of fertile new pastures.
Take the punishing “Hand of the Divine” and the ravenous “Mechanical Breath”, the two tracks which begin and end Tormentor, for example.
While both are clearly the product of the same fevered minds who once cranked out tracks like “Scapegoat” and “Barnburner” with such rabid conviction, they’re also significantly harsher, heavier, and more hostile, than anything which the band have previously put out, mixing the chunky, saw-toothed riffs of their earlier years with a new-found penchant for scorching tremolo lines and blistering blastbeats (courtesy of devastating drummer Brent Masters), which adds an extra edge of intensity and extremity to what was already a pretty potent sound.
Whatever it was that happened to the band during the last ten years or so, whatever hurts and hardships they’ve experienced, it clearly lit a fire and reignited their passion for what they do, with the result being that this particular album is not only an unexpectedly successful comeback but also an impressively intense statement of intent from a group who clearly aren’t quite ready to give up the ghost just yet.
Reviewed by Andy Synn for nocleansinging.com.
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"Tormentor" is the fourth full length studio album from metalcore band The Agony Scene, which was released on July 20, 2018 through Outerloop Records . It is the bands first release since reforming in 2013 and the first in over a decade.
User Album Review
So-called “comeback” albums can be a dicey affair. Attempts to recapture past glories can easily sound dated and contrived, while efforts to demonstrate progress and evolution can just as easily alienate the very audience who’ve been waiting so patiently for your band’s return.
It’s a difficult line to walk at the best of times, and I’ve lost count of the number of artists who’ve stumbled and fallen while attempting to navigate this particular musical minefield over the years.
However in this particular case The Agony Scene look to have succeeded where so many other have failed by producing an album which sounds like a natural extension of their earlier work – albeit one informed by a solid decade of growth and experience – as well as an exploration of fertile new pastures.
Take the punishing “Hand of the Divine” and the ravenous “Mechanical Breath”, the two tracks which begin and end Tormentor, for example.
While both are clearly the product of the same fevered minds who once cranked out tracks like “Scapegoat” and “Barnburner” with such rabid conviction, they’re also significantly harsher, heavier, and more hostile, than anything which the band have previously put out, mixing the chunky, saw-toothed riffs of their earlier years with a new-found penchant for scorching tremolo lines and blistering blastbeats (courtesy of devastating drummer Brent Masters), which adds an extra edge of intensity and extremity to what was already a pretty potent sound.
Whatever it was that happened to the band during the last ten years or so, whatever hurts and hardships they’ve experienced, it clearly lit a fire and reignited their passion for what they do, with the result being that this particular album is not only an unexpectedly successful comeback but also an impressively intense statement of intent from a group who clearly aren’t quite ready to give up the ghost just yet.
Reviewed by Andy Synn for nocleansinging.com.
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