EP Review: Without Belief - The Parting Gift (2020)
The EP "The Parting Gift" by Ralph Brown and Jake Kershaw is no laughing matter. As last year both of them had to experience terrible losses within their close family, standing together and helping each other out was a highly important good for Jake and Ralph . On April 1, 2020 the EP "The Parting Gift" by their project Without Belief will be released as a display of how their collaboration helped them through the five stages of grief. Music of course, plays a central role for the two men from Melbourne . Similar to Grief Collector whom I reviewed recently, Without Belief have produced a musical presentation of the five stages of grief and the band members' experiences while going through those stages. Different to the concept album by Grief Collector, Without Belief are not playing Progressive Doom Metal but an intense and melodic mix of Metalcore , Post Hardcore and Emotional Hardcore . The EP commences with hoarse moaning and an air that could almo...