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EP Review: Chaosaint - In the Name of (2020)

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Photo Credit: Chaosaint Chaosaint - In the Name of Release: June 19, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 19:22 Genre: Groove Metal / Alternative Metal Origin: Newcastle , Australia "In the Name of" is the first release by Australian band Chaosaint. Drummer Chris Neilson , bass player Steve Baker , guitar player Jon Cribb,  and guitar player and vocalist Shay Burgess  have actually played together for almost two decades. But from 2001 until 2015 the quartet was called Exhale and predominantly played Nu Metal. A change was made five years ago, when concept and name were abandoned and Chaosaint was born. Photo Credit: Chaosaint Still cannot properly search for videos since the update of Blogger... I am beginning to consider changing to another platform for my reviews. Click here to get to the video of the song 'Darkness Following' On five powerful tracks the band presents their new style. Honest, powerful and merciless Groove Metal with an undeniable impact ...

EP Review: Age of Emergence - The War within Ourselves (2020)

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Thos who follow me on Facebook or Instagram might know that originally I planned on being on holiday in Slovenia by now. Well, I am not. Instead, I have time for more reviews. Making the best of the situation, I will today present the upcoming release "The War within Ourselves" by Age of Emergence from Newcastle, Australia . The trio was founded in 2013 and has since then released one EP and several singles. By the end of March 2020 the Progressive Hard Rockers ' second EP is about to be out. The self-release "The War within Ourselves" features five tracks and a playtime of a bit less than half an hour. Each song is loaded with rough but melodic Heavy Metal , Hard Rock and Prog music. Intelligent rhythms played on a heavy but versatile drumset by Benn Baxter  build a great foundation for this musical structure. Dean Holmes' bass and Matt Neilson 's guitar add demanding and heavily rolling riffs on the next layer. With high distortion, varied temp...