The Hirsch Effekt "Kollaps"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Long Branch Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 8, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Kris
2. Noja
3. Deklaration
4. Allmende
5. Domstol
6. Moment
7. Torka
8. Bilen
9. Kollaps
10. Agera

Line-up: 
Nils Wittrock, Ilja John Lappin, Moritz Schmidt - Bass, drums, guitars, vocals, programming, arrangements, cello, piano and percussion
   With
Anoki - Additional vocals
Tim Tautorat - Violin and additional programming, additional vocals

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Cold Night for Alligators "Fervor"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Long Branch Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 9, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Violent Design (4:35)
2. Drowning Light (4:05)
3. Canaille (3:36)
4. Black Swan (5:10)
5. Nocturnal (4:37)
6. Entangled (0:45)
7. Get Rid Of The Walls (4:30)
8. Wilderness (5:23)
9. The Proposition (1:50)
10. Soulless City (4:04)
11. Coloured Bones (4:15)
12. Infatuated (4:23)

Total Time 47:13

Line-up: 
Johan Jack Pedersen - Vocals
Kristoffer Winther Jessen - Guitars
Roar Lindekilde Arboe Jakobsen - Guitars
Christian Alexander Minch - Bass
Nikolaj Sloth Lauszus - Drums
   With
Mirza Radonjica-Bang - Vocals
Andreas Bjulver Paarup - Vocals (10) 

Description/Reviews: 

This lack of direction has all but disappeared on “Fervor”, a thing I noticed immediately after the first spin of the record. The album has a much stronger focus on melody and catchiness and in the process, it becomes a way more approachable record. That is not to say that the wacky guitar riffs, wild key changes and heaviness have disappeared though, of which the introductory track “Violent Design” is a perfect example.

Read the full review at rockfreaks.net

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Dead Empires "Designed To Disappear"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal, Sludge
Label: Silent Pendulum Records (vinyl, cassette)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, cassette
Release date: February 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Spectacular Ruin (1:24)
2. The Form (5:07)
3. Slay Rider (2:20)
4. Reverse Speak (7:12)
5. A Summertime Song (7:04)
6. Ones And Zeros (2:20)
7. Ergot (6:29)
8. Designed To Disappear (12:20)

Total Time 44:16

Line-up: 
Phil Bartsch - Drums
John Bryan - Guitars
DJ Scully - Bass
Jason ‘PRKR’ Sherman (Torrential Downpour) - Vocals, Keys, Noise
   With
Jason Volpe - Piano (4)
John Carbone (Moon Tooth) - Vocals (7)

Description/Reviews: 

The first half of the album is part hardcore, part grindcore; laced into these songs are sporadic jazz-like outbursts. These interruptions, when supported by growling and shrieking, are overbearing and could easily be dismissed as noise.
 However, everything changes for the second half of the album. "A Summertime Song" marks the reconciliation between the band and its post-prog-metal foundations, with narratives written in heavy riffs, awash in distortion, leading the listener through the rest of the album. This inherent dichotomy, between the raw experimentation of its first half and the familiar foundations of the second, will no doubt result in split perceptions for even the most dedicated fans. There are plenty out there who will think this is a heavy avant-garde album, while others will pick and choose their favourite songs and barely play the rest. (exclaim.ca)

Also read the reviews at:
http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/dead-empires-designed-to-disappear
https://ninecircles.co/2018/02/19/album-review-dead-empires-designed-to-disappear/
http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2018/02/22/dead-empires-designed-disappear/

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Dead Empires "Designed To Disappear"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal, Sludge
Label: Silent Pendulum Records (vinyl, cassette)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, cassette
Release date: February 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Spectacular Ruin (1:24)
2. The Form (5:07)
3. Slay Rider (2:20)
4. Reverse Speak (7:12)
5. A Summertime Song (7:04)
6. Ones And Zeros (2:20)
7. Ergot (6:29)
8. Designed To Disappear (12:20)

Total Time 44:16

Line-up: 
Phil Bartsch - Drums
John Bryan - Guitars
DJ Scully - Bass
Jason ‘PRKR’ Sherman (Torrential Downpour) - Vocals, Keys, Noise
   With
Jason Volpe - Piano (4)
John Carbone (Moon Tooth) - Vocals (7)

Description/Reviews: 

The first half of the album is part hardcore, part grindcore; laced into these songs are sporadic jazz-like outbursts. These interruptions, when supported by growling and shrieking, are overbearing and could easily be dismissed as noise.
 However, everything changes for the second half of the album. "A Summertime Song" marks the reconciliation between the band and its post-prog-metal foundations, with narratives written in heavy riffs, awash in distortion, leading the listener through the rest of the album. This inherent dichotomy, between the raw experimentation of its first half and the familiar foundations of the second, will no doubt result in split perceptions for even the most dedicated fans. There are plenty out there who will think this is a heavy avant-garde album, while others will pick and choose their favourite songs and barely play the rest. (exclaim.ca)

Also read the reviews at:
http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/dead-empires-designed-to-disappear
https://ninecircles.co/2018/02/19/album-review-dead-empires-designed-to-disappear/
http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2018/02/22/dead-empires-designed-disappear/

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