Arceye
At First Light
10 Track Album
To be released 7th August 2013
Out 7th August
Arceye –
Shrewsbury
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/Arceye
www.arceye.co.uk
At First Light
(2013)
Produced by
Arceye
Mixed and
Mastered by Scott Atkins
Genre:
Death/Thrash Metal
In the bands
own words:
“Arceye is a four-piece death/thrash metal
band from Shrewsbury UK. Since forming in late 2004 with a handful of riffs and
heavy music as their drive, they have relentlessly been unleashing their brand
of metal to the masses.
2007 saw the
Release of the E.P ‘As The Ground Consumes You’ with Recognition from
Terrorizer Magazine “A crowd pleasing mix up of Thrash and Melodic Death Metal”
and Kerrang! “The Promising sound of the British Metal Underground”
In 2009 Arceye released their debut album ‘The
Divide between Chaos & Order’. The album was mastered by studio guru Russ
Russell (Evile, Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) and has been hailed as “A Searing
Cross-Genre Metal Eruption from the UK Underground”
The album is
impressively put together and goes into depth offering a superb booklet that
contains glossy pics of the band plus lyrics, with an equally eye catching
front cover depicting howling wolves and the creation of Craig Mackay www.craigmackaydesign.co.uk
At first light
A brewing
ambiance creeps malevolently forward with thickening drum patterns amid a
torrent of gnarly riffs and harsh bass hooks, creating a steep environment on
which to lay the foundations to what ignites into a bombardment of ferocious strings
and gravelly throaty vocal. Like a tidal wave it sweeps everything from its
path and leaves nothing in its aggressive wake.
The Storm
Intimidating,
building on a stupendous wave of rhythms it explodes harshly into feverish
gnarliness. The growls protrude fiercely into a boisterous accompaniment of
elevated intensity amid bruising blast beats that plough their way through the
track at a rate of speedy knots, whilst the bass hooks sink their gnarly notes
into the aural. Pleasing on all levels.
The Longest
Drive
Softly caressing
strings fluctuate wildly on a well-balanced level until the flame is ignited
and then it suddenly turns into a beast. Its grasping energy brandishes its
fury with eager recklessness, slowing briefly to fire up once more into a
passionate and emotive frenzy of unforgiving rhythms.
I silently wait
A battering
array of gnarliness grips you by the jugular and doesn’t stop throttling you,
infecting the blood with a wiry prowess, the vocals damming and brutal – even as
it slows briefly it catches you unaware as it continues its vicious onslaught –
one superb track!
Sirius
Another shrill
fret-full wonder of sophistication surges rhythmically into a myriad of rich
flavoured guitar and evenly carved beats. It manipulates extremely well with an
elegant persuasion. Powerful arms embrace with a significant and profound
resonance but holding no malice at all within its strenuous rhythms - giving
out an intensity of impacting flourishes and is an amazing instrumental.
Brother
Disarmed
Compelling,
this track rides the emotive waves of its destiny – which happens to be right
to the aural cavities. Vocally scathing
and raw it will leave scorch marks as it burns its way caustically into the
delicate listening receptacles and brutally gnaws with a swathe of melodic
synchronicity.
Arceye
Prey
Forgiveness
Sharp intake of
breath time as the riffs climb to great heights of aural splendour. Mesmerising
and euphoric the rhythms build into a swaggering inferno of molten metal as it
pushes its own boundaries. Its core is one of immense intensity and power that
will satisfy the deepest thirst.
Damage Done
Sparse fluctuating
strings leave their mark amid a whispered vocal that caresses like a feather –
and then it reaches a climax with explosive quality. Punishing rhythms fester and then... Sadly a weak vocal emerges, which up until
this point the track was starting to sizzle nicely, but then tends to lose its
metal spark on the proceedings.
The Thirst (Guest
vocals by Richard Thomson – Xerath)
Ravenous and rapturous beats
display their capabilities amid a gravelly onslaught - the band have indeed
redeemed themselves with a superior quality here. This track literally blisters
with a caustic primal energy that swaggers under the weight of the rich
thickening rhythms that twist themselves around a powerful barrage of riffs,
gnarly beats and throaty growls, courtesy of Richard Thomson – One superb
track!
Dusk
Beautiful ambient strings squeak as fingers hit
them in this mesmerising display of pure sophistication – it literally takes
your breath away.
To Sum up:
This is one
hearty feast of diversity, with nearly every track apart from ‘Damage done’
which slightly loses out on vocal content, is extremely exciting and gripping. The
dexterity of the strings is remarkable alone, whilst the drumming goes from the
sublime to the ridiculous on the rapturous scale. Housing some classical moments, as well as
death defying growls and pummelling beats, with equally bruising bass hooks
take over - this is one meaty album and indeed something to get your teeth into,
so on the whole it deserves to be explored and savoured.
9/10
Track List:
At first light
The Storm
The Longest Drive
I silently wait
Sirius
Brother Disarmed
Prey Forgiveness
Damage Done
The Thirst (Guest Vocals from Richard Thomson – Xerath)
Dusk
Members:
Al Llewellyn – Vocals/Bass
Dave Roberts – Guitar/Vocals
Luke Durston – Guitar/Vocals
Craig MacKay – Drums & Samples
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