▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Pyogenesis ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: A Kingdom to Disappear █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-03-28 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: AFM Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Before receiving this promo to review, I had not █ █ heard of this band. Apparently, I have been █ █ living in a cave because the band formed way back █ █ in the summer of 1991. Over the years they have █ █ switched genres a lot and at one point they helped █ █ create Gothic Metal. Who knew? At any rate, this █ █ new album from them is Metal, Pop, Punk.à.and █ █ something else I canÆt really place. What is this █ █ something else? IÆm not really sure, other than █ █ the fact that itÆs very good. Although the band █ █ is German, the album itself sounds oddly Irish; it █ █ has a bouncy, sort of swinging sound throughout █ █ it. ôSleep Is Good,ö is the albumÆs intro and it █ █ sounds like both a song I would hear at a funeral █ █ or what I might sing at a bar while drinking. █ █ █ █ FloÆs vocals hold a variety of surprises. On the █ █ already mentioned intro, he sounds like an Irish █ █ folk singer but on the albumÆs first proper song, █ █ ôEvery Man For Himself and God Against It All,ö he █ █ brings a scathing Blackened Death Metal voice; █ █ this guy growls straight from the gut and it █ █ shows. ôI Have Seen My Soulö he brings out some █ █ quiet, Pop like voice, reminding me of radio Punk █ █ bands, before going back into a sort of rough █ █ throat voice that wouldnÆt sound out of place on a █ █ Hard Rock band, although it isnÆt bland like most █ █ mainstream bands. One aspect of album I really █ █ enjoy is Flo doesnÆt try to repeat himself. His █ █ Death growls are not over used and they sound █ █ different when he does use them. On ôBlaze, My █ █ Northern Sky,ö he sounds extremely deep, leaving █ █ out the more raspy aspect he used in ôEvery Man █ █ For Himself And God Against It All.ö Out of the █ █ blue, Flo drops back to his clean vocals on the █ █ last track, ôEverlasting Pain,ö and adds a deep █ █ baritone, lending the song a very Gothic █ █ atmosphere that shows off their Gothic roots. █ █ █ █ Musically, the album is also very adventurous and █ █ takes all kinds of sounds on all kinds of rides. █ █ Along with Flo, Gizz Butt plays a wide variety of █ █ guitar styles, often times in the same song. The █ █ after mentioned ôEverlasting Pain,ö begins with a █ █ heavy Gothic/Doom laden riff. During the over 13 █ █ minutes of running time, we are treated with a █ █ melodic scorching guitar solo, acoustics, and █ █ ambient atmospheres. It ends in an acoustic coda █ █ but is no less Gothic and Doom than the beginning █ █ of the song. With ôNew Helvetia,ö we are treated █ █ to some intricate and melodic acoustic jams that █ █ remind me a lot of the earliest stuff of IN █ █ FLAMES. These guys are just two very good, █ █ versatile guitar players who really compliment █ █ each others ever changing style. █ █ █ █ Malte Brauer provides a solid foundation for the █ █ bandÆs wide range of sound to always sound █ █ cohesive no matter what they play. His rumbling █ █ playing on the title track keeps the flow going █ █ and offsets some of the songs quieter, more █ █ melodic moments. He really shines on ôThatÆs When █ █ Everybody Gets Hurt,ö a unique song that focuses █ █ more on vocals than guitar. The glue that holds █ █ the song together is the bass, which sounds █ █ interesting and has a heavy vibrato to it. █ █ Likewise, Jan RathjeÆs pounding of the skins █ █ during the song gives it some much needed energy █ █ that, without his kit skills, wouldnÆt sound █ █ nearly as interesting. He can play a mile a █ █ second like a traditional black metal drummer, or █ █ play more focused and detailed when needed, two █ █ things he does on ôEvery Man..ö █ █ █ █ This album, and band, was quite the surprise for █ █ me and I feel that IÆve been missing out on them █ █ for so long. A great Rock/Metal album full of █ █ twists, turns, and even some catchy tunes. It █ █ isnÆt going to be heavy as a lot of Metalheads █ █ would like but I still say you shouldnÆt miss this █ █ one. █ █ █ █ http://www.pyogenesis.com/ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Sleep is Good (intro) 1:26 ░ ░ 2. Every Man for Himself... and God Against 3:53 ░ ░ All ░ ░ 3. I Have Seen My Soul 4:43 ░ ░ 4. A Kingdom to Disappear (It's Too Late) 3:31 ░ ░ 5. New Helvetia 4:04 ░ ░ 6. That's When Everybody Gets Hurt 5:24 ░ ░ 7. We 4:18 ░ ░ 8. Blaze, My Northern Flame 5:08 ░ ░ 9. Everlasting Pain 13:14 ░ ░ 45:41 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░