{"id":15293,"date":"2017-01-29T18:17:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=15293"},"modified":"2017-01-29T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:17:26","slug":"aversions-crown-xenocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/aversions-crown-xenocide","title":{"rendered":"Aversions Crown &#8211; Xenocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like the new year is starting off with a bang, and I\u2019m not just talking about DJT\u2019s inauguration ceremony. I\u2019m talking about music, more specifically metal. There are a TON of anticipated releases set for this year, and one of the first came out this month. Deathcore heavyweights Aversions Crown have been making some serious waves in the Australian scene for some time. Their 2014 album <em>Tyrant <\/em>was forwarded to me by a friend, and to him I will always be grateful. It pushed me a little deeper into an area of metal I was already exploring, as Thy Art Is Murder was already on my radar. <em>Tyrant<\/em> was the perfect next step into Aversions Crown\u2019s evolving sci-fi tech-deathcore sound. Their latest album, <em>Xenocide<\/em>, released on January 20th via Nuclear Blast Records, looks to be more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>The Thanos\/Darkseid looking behemoth that graces the cover of <em>Xenocide<\/em> couldn\u2019t be a more accurate depiction of what\u2019s inside; full blown universal destruction. The ominous tones of the intro \u2018Void\u2019 only make it that much more obvious. \u2018Prismatic Abyss\u2019 blasts you out of your seat, with newish vocalist Mark Poida making his presence known right away. Nothing against former front man Colin Jeffs, whose voice worked great for <em>Tyrant<\/em>, but Poida is a different beast. His power in all ranges is phenomenal. This, and his musical influence, along with drummer Jayden Mason and guitarist Chris Cougan\u2019s song writing, takes Aversions\u2019 music to another level. Sure, it\u2019s still deathcore, but it\u2019s more technical and diverse than that. Poida and Mason say <em>Xenocide <\/em>is a concept album. However, they will not elude as to what that concept is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AVERSIONS CROWN - Prismatic Abyss (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrsyL4ldK0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Besides the noticeable difference of Poida\u2019s voice, the majority of the tracks on <em>Xenocide<\/em> are a little more up tempo compared to <em>Tyrant<\/em>. I appreciate this, since <em>Tyrant<\/em> drug at times, and this keeps <em>Xenocide<\/em> more interesting and flow better. Also, the variation in song writing isn\u2019t just in tempo, but also in style. The diversity I spoke of earlier can be heard in the tech-death blasts of \u2018Odium,\u2019 the blackened sounds of \u2018Ophiophagy,\u2019 or the progressive variances of \u2018Erebus.\u2019 All these variations are tight and smooth, no doubt due to the renowned mixing techniques of Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Carnifex) of Audio Hammer Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Much like the godfathers Carnifex, Aversions Crown are carving their own niche. Not content to be just another brutal deathcore band, they are pushing themselves to evolve into something more. Aversions Crown unleashes a relentless barrage across these ten songs full of dystopian nightmares and hostile extraterrestrial encounters. <em>Xenocide<\/em> may be the soundtrack of 2017, or the coming invasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Void<\/li>\n<li>Prismatic Abyss<\/li>\n<li>The Soulless Acolyte<\/li>\n<li>Hybridization<\/li>\n<li>Erebus<\/li>\n<li>Ophiophagy<\/li>\n<li>The Oracles of Existence<\/li>\n<li>Cynical Entity<\/li>\n<li>Stillborn Existence<\/li>\n<li>Cycles of Haruspex<\/li>\n<li>Misery<\/li>\n<li>Odium<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Playing Time:\u00a0<\/strong>50:24<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release date:<\/strong> January 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Label:<\/strong> Nuclear Blast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AversionsCrown\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/AversionsCrown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Looks like the new year is starting off with a bang, and I\u2019m not just talking about DJT\u2019s inauguration ceremony. 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