First track “Listen in Obsidian” kicks off with a gentle fingered section and a sweet and kind vocal. The feeling is that The World Without Us are some kind of melodic band, but then in sudden by the second minute things change and “Listen in Obsidian” gets Prog feeling very near what Evership use to do. The end of it is even more surprising with an up-tempo cadence that goes to Death Metal. Okay, then. So, let’s jump to the second track which the unadvised fan would think would go almost as the same. Nah, flat wrong! “Man-Sized Hail” seems to have been recorded by another band as it is so different from “Listen in Obsidian.” It begins as as Groove Metal piece and finishes as a Black metal act. Finish? Nah. Flat wrong again. By the second and a half minute, “Man-Sized Hail” turns into a Technical Death Metal piece with touches of jazz. Crazy, isn’t it? Pretty much. Okay, now that you’re used to all the plot twists The World Without Us have to offer to fans and the Groove Metal beginning of “Things to Tell the Press” is no surprise at all. As I say, there is nothing like listening to all the album…
The World Without Us and “Incarnate” love to surprise the fans and also to write varied songs. Not only varied among them but inside them. All tracks from “Incarnate” offer lots of changes of cadence, tempo, and styles. “Incarnate” is a lesson of variation in Metal.
The World Without Us “Incarnate” was released on October 25th.
Track Listing:
- Listen in Obsidian
- Man-sized Hail
- Things to Tell the Press
- I Am the Mist
Watch “Listen in Obsidian” official lyric video here:
I’m just a lucky guy who has chosen metal to live with for a long time. Metal changed my life for good. It made me more confident and stronger. Metalheads are naturally far away from the mass mediocrity and don’t accept impostures from anybody else. Metal is more than music, it’s a life changing oportunity!