{"id":3968,"date":"2015-11-14T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2015-11-14T18:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T17:30:12","slug":"reject-the-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/reject-the-sickness","title":{"rendered":"Reject the Sickness – Chains Of Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Belgian melodeath with progressive elements and a twist of core – That’s how the label describes the music style of the band. After a demo in 2010 and a mini CD in 2013, this is the band’s first full-length.<\/p>\n

After an intro, heavy riffs combined with fast drumming and\u00a0melodic guitar pieces are the main ingredients of “Chains Of Solitude”. Besides\u00a0the harsh\/grunting vocals\u00a0there is also a piece with clean vocals. A lot of tracks have the same formula: fast melodic\u00a0death with breakdowns\u00a0and\u00a0melody. The third\u00a0track opens\u00a0with fast drumming in metalcore style and then turns to midtempo\u00a0to speed up again further on. After a few tracks\u00a0I thought that I heard it all, but fortunately\u00a0the song\u00a0“Alone” started. The album certainly needed this track, just for variety. It is a soft song with clean vocals fro \u00a0Guy Vercruysse. I was surprised that he also could sing this way. After that they return to their melodeath\/core\/progressive style like on the first songs.<\/p>\n

The album has a good production done by Jochem Jacobs. After listening to the album I have to agree that melodeath with core influences is a good way to describe the style. I also understand what the band means by the term progressive, but\u00a0progressive is perhaps a too big word. I think the music on the album deserves a rating of 7,5\u00a0devils, 8 devils is a bit too much, that’s why you see 7 devils above.<\/p>\n