The Arisen - Rising Times

This is a debut from French progressive death metal newcomers The Arisen. I am really on the fence with this style, sometimes when done well it all fits, most of the time recently its just chaotic and unfortunately this is where I reside with this independently released EP.

There’s no denying the art of playing their instruments, but I find a lot of the tunes tend to be a mash up of ideas thrown together without any real quality control or rather construction included in the finished product. It may sound harsh, but flow and consistency is a major feature for me in this field. The usual influences are however quite clear to hear, including a few more modern ones coupled with the extremity. The actual death metal part of the music is all cool, I find the jazzy waves of individualism more conflicting with my personal taste.

Although I sound quite negative, I will give praise for the music and the musicians, but the songs themselves or rather the way they are arranged are a little too chaotic which leads to much complacency whilst you spin the release. But as this is a first attempt, there’s hopefully room to grow, I am simply not clever enough to digest this coherently at this point in time, a touch too difficult to comprehend unfortunately.


  1. Theater Of Vampire
  2. Exodus
  3. Mnemesis
  4. Winds Of Mesopotamia
  5. Halfway From The Sun
  6. Massive Thievery
  7. Apocalyptic Madness

Self released
Reviewer: twansibon
Dec 7, 2015

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