Subscale
The Last
Submission
10 Track Debut Album
Geenger Records
Released March
2013
The Last Submission - Out Now!!
Subscale – Zagreb,
Croatia
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Genre:
Metal/Groove/Progressive/Electronic
In the bands
own words:
“Started as a
home project from a collection of riffs by Jay, Subscale's foundation was
formed after he was joined by Mario Tomašković as the second guitarist and
songwriter in the summer of 2010. Also joined by Hrvoje Knežević as the third
and final guitarist and songwriter. Subscale parted ways with Hrvoje Knežević
and was joined by Igor Čeranić as the main sampler and Karlo Horvat on
vocals. The E.P "Fictional Constructs" was released in September 2012.
Currently the band is preparing for upcoming live performances as the debut
album "The Last Submission"
has been released via Geenger Records in March 2013"
Interception
Igniting the
fires this track literally blisters into action. It has a full blend of sounds that fuse
together into a big metal melting pot and what comes out is raw, unadulterated
emotion. Vocally big on sound pulverizing the sense into oblivion with fast
paced guitars offering superb rhythms and a drum beat that will carve you up
along the way.
Fictional
Constructs
Eerie sounds
burst into a fiery incendiary device and explodes metal all over you with sharp
shards of splintered glass, penetrating the flesh and leaves you with
abrasive cuts and that is just from the vocals alone! Compelling and exciting
with that surprise shock! Those incidental sounds casting an eerie shadow on the
proceedings adding spice to this already spicy track.
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Antecedent
Takes a bit to
start up but when it does just make sure you have not turned the sound up to 11
as the force of it will throw you against a wall and rip the skin from your
bones! The bite and passion will devour you unleashing its gnarly array of
grooves with a haunting of vicious and spiteful hunger.
Method and
Manner
Tempestuous and
raw another grisly array of dense madness bursts from the fiery furnace and erodes your hearing devices with ease like a knife slicing through butter. This
tracks shows superb strength and prowess.
Pull the
Threads Extraction
Sneaky bass
lines open this track offering a primal saturation and then further on it
unfurls into an array of blast beats and crisp mellow guitar and then on impact
again explodes into sheer aggression its anger very apparent like the waking of
a forgotten monster. Using a vocal encroachment like acid to the skin the
destructive rhythms then melt into a more mellow flavor and offer light where
there was dark. A very diverse and pleasurable track to listen to.
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Realisation
Soft
atmospheric whispers to a distant guitar – intriguing – you wait for the
onslaught with baited breath... it’s coming – or is it? Awakening the senses to
a high octane level as the guitar seems to stray to a faster approach and then
a fury explodes to the sound of harmonies with brutal grooves that play out in
succession not too high as to reach the peak but just enough to pinch your
curiosity. Clever track indeed.
Outreach
Distorted
guitar and space noises bring more curiosity as to what you will hear
next. A scornful evil vocal screams into
existence. It offers strength and emotion through the blast beats alone as they
thunder from the fast footed drummer into a frenzied array of kick beats and a
madness from the fret board. Once a jumbled mix of strings now become a clean
ensemble of riffs and gives the listener something to ponder on for a brief
time anyway...before returning to vicious mode.
The Verdict
Moody strings
come into play here sparse and uncomplicated not fully coming to life but keep
you guessing. Intriguingly creepy the incidental noises of ravaging winds blow
menacingly sending shivers down your spine and is a filler on the album however
a very welcome one giving a freshness of modern imagination.
The Last
Submission
Stark and engagingly
raw with gruff unpolished vocals that simply burn into the skull and then
smashes it with even more raw abandon. Its scorched melodic passages twist and
turn in various ways so you never know which direction it is going to take –
but you know it is never going to be a restrained one. The progressiveness
takes over the guitar and a euphoric embrace replaces it with snarling ferocity
from the vocals and a machine gun drum beat fades from the speakers.
Endgame
Eerily spooky,
this is a profound track with crisp sparse guitar, sneaky bass and isolated
muted drum beats. Then with a slide of fingers on the fret board a menacing
array of voices ushers forth with more eerie incidental sounds offering the
listener some more continued investigation – like a never ending maze of
metallic grooves that take you on an exciting journey but nobody knows where it
will lead.
To sum up:
Normally
anything progressive takes me a while to succumb to if I do at all, but this
album has been created with direction and monumental vocals that distract from
the jumbled array of business on the guitar and gives you an experience that
constantly delivers an enticing and addictive listen with intriguing balance
that just guides you into its foray.
Very cleverly
produced and executed album by Subscale and
a welcome listen that offers extreme diversity with not every track sounding
the same as the last giving accentuated guitar and blast beats with more
notable ingredients – what you get here is a superb mix of everything that is
finely balanced and this is for me true progressive. The elements of electronic are just enough to
whet the appetite with grooves bigger than the Grand Canyon bringing the
formula to a nice finish.
10/10
Track List:
Interception
Fictional Constructs
Antecedent
Method and Manner
Pull the Threads Extraction
Realisation
Outreach
The Verdict
The Last Submission
Endgame
Members:
Jovan Vučetić - Guitars, bass, lyrics, drum programming and samples
Mario Tomašković - Guitars, bass, lyrics and amplification &
gear
Igor Čeranić - Electronics and samples, mastering
Karlo Horvat - Vocals
Ex-members:
Hrvoje Knežević - Guitars
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