Now we’ve seen a vast end of the spectrum from bands that are content doing their own thing, to comeback albums. Some more important to their career than others but what happens to the new comer? Enter Soreption. With the stellar new album released earlier this year Engineering The Void is the Swede’s best effort so far.
Soreption – Engineering The Void
The band themselves might not be the biggest band out there but make no mistake these guys are of noteworthy admiration. Releasing the crushing 34 minute storm that is Engineering The Void is some of the most coldly calculating death metal of the year. With the air tight compression often associated with Decapitated, snaking guitar riffs that would be a challenge for even the most seasoned of guitar player. A particular well hidden highlight are the thick and fast solo’s delivered by guitarist Anton Svedin giving the pressure point driven songs a layer of ethereal melody.
The album maintains the energy throughout, with each song having the ability to differentiate from the previous. Not to mention the level of groove the death merchants dish out “Breaking The Great Narcissist“being a fine example whilst not everything is about the machinations of the death metal machine with the Tim Burton-esque bridge,followed by diminished style lick. They might be artificial sounding with their riffs but when the fantastic combination of the mechanical riffs are coupled with the ordnance drums the results truly are spectacular. Quite honestly there are a million bands out there that are attempting to form something similar to Soreption but the band are unique, carving out their own niche they have excelled in creating a new sound
Although the spotlight isn’t entirely on the guitar and the drums, the clang of the bass guitar gives an even more android esque effect adding to the cold technicality moreover the vocals of Frederik Soderberg gives personality to the amorphous inifite sonic abyss. Including the little easter egg of Trevor Strnad‘s guest appearance on title track “Engineering The Void“. The album’s ace in the hole however is the sheer consistency of each song retaining that pneumatic rhythmic approach whilst melody nestles subtly on the surface, playing a game of hide and seek with the listener. A fantastic album that will surely see the band advance to some serious heights and without a doubt garner respect from the entire metal community.
