A Subtle Understatement
Vestige
Rating
Style: Modern Metal
Release date: 6 May, 2011
Playing time: 26:00
 

There's no holding back on this debut EP from the young, French outfit A Subtle Understatement. Think in lines of The Black Dahlia Murder. Modern, yes, brutal, yes, metalcore and death metal, yeah, all of the above.

Notably, vocalist Jeremie is the voice from the grave and drags the rest of the combo in a more brutal direction than the music actually is. The music, you see, is not without subleties and elegant hints to a more melodic metal heroes of the past.

With these five tracks, the young Frenchmen prove that they could easily head into the big league of their branch of metal if they keep going at it in this fashion. This is powerful stuff and with more than one surprising turn here and there.

Do try this at home!


Tracklist

01. Cronos
02. Vestige
03. Gravity
04. 04:00 AM


 

Label: Ultimhate Records
Distribution: VME
Artwork rating: 65/100
Reviewed by: Thomas Nielsen
Date: 6 October, 2011
Website: www.myspace.com/asubtleunderstatement