Solitary Confinement
Crack the Sky
3 Track E.P.
Released 12th April 2013
E.P. Crack the Sky! Out now there's no escape!
Solitary
Confinement – Wallasey, Wirral
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solitary-Confinement
Genre:
Progressive Metal Core
In the band’s
own words:
“We are
essentially a Metal Core band, but when we say Metal Core, we mean real Metal Core
like Machine Head & Lamb of God. We used to be a Thrash band, but our playing
styles have grown, and musical tastes have changed, so we decided to go down a
different road. We like to play around with different modes, giving each song a
different groove and different style, making it quite exciting to listen to”
The band have celebrated
two years together as a unit on the 14th March this year but sadly
Jack Howe on Bass has parted ways as on all accounts tensions were rising as it
does in bands from time to time and with some all the time! And as I type this
the band are already auditioning for bassists so hopefully it won’t be long
before Solitary Confinement is back
in the bosom of the metal community once more and annihilating the crowds.
The awesome Solitary Confinement
The bone of
contention with a lot of metal heads is the “Core” in Metal Core –
distinguished by its emphasis on breakdowns and screamed vocals. I personally
love it but others hate it and I suppose it depends whether or not you want to
be broad minded or close minded on the subject and of course depending on what
year you were born as to whether you were brought up with it, just like it or
detest it. I however, love the raucous
feel of it and the way it is performed on stage although I was not brought up
with it (far from it) but learnt to embrace it as I have done with a lot of
genres that have suddenly reared up and Solitary
Confinement have added progressive to the genre to give it a more complex
feel.
Crack the Sky
The
indestructible Solitary Confinement
seem to just grow stronger with time. First seen in 2011 at Helrazer and never
looked back. Always good to witness these young monsters (age ranges from 17-23)
live. This track will leave blisters on the aural and bite hard into the
jugular. The vocals are just superb with a great display of irresistible metal
that will just bombard you with brilliant melodies and takes no prisoners – raw
to the bone and the last time I saw these guys they played this track live did not
just bring the house down they thoroughly destroyed it!
Parasites
A jangle of
guitar builds slowly with a full flavor of eastern promise, until it rips the
skull open as the ferocity sets in and feasts hungrily on the ears. That bass hook sneaks in nicely, moving it
further up the molten metal scale and delivers some nice rampant grooves with
pummelling rhythms of sheer menace and venom wrapped in a harsh spine tingling
vocal onslaught. The riffs come galloping at tremendous speed thrusting more
aural delights your way. The track slows with some deftly carved chords that start
up but are quickly removed with more harsh and caustic growls and a strong bass
hook.
The Plague
This track is
just as infectious as the disease itself and blends distinct traits of
progressive imagination which possesses emotive and forceful melodies that play
eagerly on the ears, hungrily devouring you slowly, inch by inch as the mighty
chords come crashing down. Highly potent and stirring on all levels with
scathing vocals that don’t just singe it is full on burn!
Feel the burn!
To sum up:
The passion and
intensity that Solitary Confinement
give out is tenfold. They are super-fast
evolving and infectiously excellent. It is always brilliant hearing them play
live and how they perform on stage and it is always with 100% and persistently achieving
a high standard at gigs.
Solitary Confinement always bring
energy to the table which in turn brings annihilation and devastation when they
play. This E.P is nothing short of
perfection and deserves your avid attention and one seamless escapade of
dominant and addictive lure.
10/10
Track List:
Crack the Sky
Parasites
The Plague
Solitary Confinement
Members:
Ryan Merall - Vocals
Lewis Murphy - Drums
Danny 'TheLash' Lashbrooke - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Patrick Ruddy - Lead Guitar
Jack Howe – Bass (Now parted ways with the band)
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