Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell whats going on??!! Yeah I would't know what to do either. New Bury is here, it's been for just over a week and my gaaaaaaaaaaahd am I ready!!
It's like all of my 15 year old, metalcore-infused wet dreams brought together at once! I'm a big fan of this song, because it's weird. That's in terms of everything; arrangement, length, tempo, delivery, tone, I mean it's as short as a hardcore punk song, kind of as fast, with a discernible chorus yet all the variety, aggression and darkness that you would come to expect from the metalcore giants of England's south coast.
On top of the lovely breath of fresh air Knife of Gold is, the vocal delivery from Vocalist Dani Winter-Bates is simply unreal, in the opening phrases you can hear his words drip with permeable anger and the visceral aggression that goes into delivering a showstopper like this. It's really interesting to see a Vocalist of his style and clarity mixing it up. I'd go as far as to say that at times he reminds me of death metal vocalists, inheriting some unearthly, guttural lines and intermingling these with his usually very clean vocals.
The contrast with the clean-sung vocals of guitarist Jason Cameron make for a real powerhouse between the two, Jason has an amazing voice full of pain and tenderness which is used on every album to great effect. If anything I'd have to say that the first single we were treated to from the new record was more of a statement of how far the group have come as songwriters rather than anything else.
Now to the name-sake of the album, Black Flame. It's a huge statement of intent! Between the crushing riffs, soaring vocals and brutally refined drums, this song says much more than simply here's a new song. Black Flame has a very discernible 'metalness' about it, in that at particular points (Kristan's solo most notably) you can hear the nostalgic ringing of the metal greats of old which we were all brought up on but more so it sounds and feels like the work of a truly polished and refined group of musicians.
It's anthemic, beautifully melodic, rousing and as i've said, lovingly nostaligic.
Bury Tomorrow have long been a favourite of mine, from their debut album Portraits right up to now, and with the release of Black Flame marking their fifth album, they seem set up to be around for a long time. Their growth from that first album, learning, pushing themselves to be better and better and now with the amalgamation of all they've learnt, the newer inflections of djent, hardcore and metalcore and with the subtle nuance of the 70's/80's metal, when all are brought together you get some wonderful magic for the ears.
It's anthemic, beautifully melodic, rousing and as i've said, lovingly nostaligic.
Bury Tomorrow have long been a favourite of mine, from their debut album Portraits right up to now, and with the release of Black Flame marking their fifth album, they seem set up to be around for a long time. Their growth from that first album, learning, pushing themselves to be better and better and now with the amalgamation of all they've learnt, the newer inflections of djent, hardcore and metalcore and with the subtle nuance of the 70's/80's metal, when all are brought together you get some wonderful magic for the ears.
We still have to wait a little over a months time before we'll have our hand on the full thing but until then, I will firmly be enjoying these two and building my excitement for the record. See ya!
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