Album: Le sombre triomphe
Genre: blackened death/grind/sludge
Year: 2017
Label: independent
Your End started out as an extreme metal duo in 2017, but they sound as if they've been honing there sound for at least half a decade. Needless to say, these guys exist to deliver sludgy, HM-2-driven black/death.
The EP opens with my personal favorite track, "Endless Agony." The sludgy riffing and crushing breakdown set the morbid tone for the hail of frantic blasts and dark melodies that follow. When the band kicks it into high-gear, the songs sound as if they are on the verge of falling apart, like all the screws are loose and everything is violently rattling. As a result, the music sounds urgent, as if Your End is trying to record the whole thing before they shatter into oblivion. That may not sound so good on paper, but the EP benefits from this greatly.
The pacing of the music varies from frantic blast beats to slower sludge metal passages. There are plenty of riffs and melodies to make each track stand out from the rest. The vocals are very much a cross between black metal rasps and grindcore growls and grunts. The track "Dead Before Dawn" even briefly features some more emotive vocals.
Overall, Le sombre triomphe is an excellent, raw debut release from this American extreme metal duo (now a trio). I highly recommend procuring their full catalog. You can download this EP (for free/name your price) on bandcamp.
Rating: 4 / 5
Top Tracks:
Endless Agony
Dead Before Dawn
Drain
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