When your instrumental metal's chug chugga chug chugs arent heavy enough, here comes Fractalize with an amazing style of music that i can only describe as rhytmic earthquakes. More like chug. chak-chak. chug chugaa CHOOM Chak CHOOM.
Each song is an intense conflict taking place deep underground in the darkest, dankest cave, with interesting progression of one musical idea to another. iheartf2p
Intense and interesting. Clearly worshipping at the altar of Meshuggah, and while vocals are absent that void is filled by a more intense bottom end, and guitar picking that becomes its own rhythmic instrument.
This is brilliant, but I’d love to see what this guy would do with some artistic collaboration. One man bands can get stuck in one dimension and the potential shown here could be a global phenomenon with just a little tweaking.
Let me finish by saying again, this is brilliant. Lute FP
Before Ashen, I thought they were overrated. Deathcore bands seem to have a capacity to evolve quickly. I’ve seen quite a few bands in this genre grow exponentially from one album to the next, and Ashen is a particularly strong example. Metallurgical Fire
Nearly a decade after their last LP, the Chicago post-metal trio resurface with a punishing concept album set in an apocalyptic wasteland. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2024
The metal’s band revelatory new record crosses genres and styles, effortlessly combining seemingly incompatible subgenres. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 26, 2024