Insurrection - Circles Of Despair
"Circles Of Despair" is the brand new, debut, full length album from the Friesland, Netherlands melodeath/thrash band, Insurrection. Formed in the year 2010 and their first recorded output not seeing the light of day until 2015's "Catatonic" EP, these guys seriously put in some work before laying anything down. Evident again in the four year gap between the EP and full length. This is apparently not down time though, these guys obviously were putting in the work to make their craft that much better, then getting out there and playing it in front of people, and it shows.
For everything on "Circles Of Despair" is tight as hell and of the up most quality. This is meticulously written and thought out melodeath/thrash that is equally aggressive, upbeat and fun all at the same time. Insurrection's sound is nothing new but it still sounds fresh and invigorating and for lack of better descriptors they basically sound like a mix of At The Gates and Kreator. There is more to it in the long run but a mixture of those two bands is the closest you will come to describing them, period. Plus, if you sound like a mixture of those two classic bands than you must have a killer sound too, and they do.
Speaking of sound, "Circles Of Despair" sounds great with a great fucking production from the mighty Fredrik Nordström. His work on this album is extremely tasty, it has a clean, slick, modern sound that somehow retains a bit of an old school snarl. It sounds so good that every nuance is so clear and distinguishable that you can hear it impeccably through a shitty phone speaker.
All in all, "Circles Of Despair" is a rather good album full of thrashing melodeath that will have you banging your head and throwing horns in between your air guitaring that is. It's good, aggressive and fun. Check it out.
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For everything on "Circles Of Despair" is tight as hell and of the up most quality. This is meticulously written and thought out melodeath/thrash that is equally aggressive, upbeat and fun all at the same time. Insurrection's sound is nothing new but it still sounds fresh and invigorating and for lack of better descriptors they basically sound like a mix of At The Gates and Kreator. There is more to it in the long run but a mixture of those two bands is the closest you will come to describing them, period. Plus, if you sound like a mixture of those two classic bands than you must have a killer sound too, and they do.
Speaking of sound, "Circles Of Despair" sounds great with a great fucking production from the mighty Fredrik Nordström. His work on this album is extremely tasty, it has a clean, slick, modern sound that somehow retains a bit of an old school snarl. It sounds so good that every nuance is so clear and distinguishable that you can hear it impeccably through a shitty phone speaker.
All in all, "Circles Of Despair" is a rather good album full of thrashing melodeath that will have you banging your head and throwing horns in between your air guitaring that is. It's good, aggressive and fun. Check it out.
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1. Enigma Machine
2. Non Existent Fall
3. Futile Existence
4. Comrades In White
5. The Deeper Depths
6. Origin
7. Dawn Of Defeat
8. Deity
9. Spiraling Down
10. ...On Circles of Despair
2. Non Existent Fall
3. Futile Existence
4. Comrades In White
5. The Deeper Depths
6. Origin
7. Dawn Of Defeat
8. Deity
9. Spiraling Down
10. ...On Circles of Despair
