The Pitch: "Sonic ordinance from Edinburgh, Scotland." More mathcore recommendations from the almight Mathcore Index, this time in the form of the highly aggressive Sectioned. FFO: God Mother, Arms, The Chariot
What I Like: We closed out 2017 with some really solid mathcore releases, and I'm pleased to bring one of the first to really blow me away this year. Incredibly consistent over its 43 minutes, Annihilated leaves you in precisely the state that the title implies. All 13 songs on Sectioned's new album are worthy of 5 stars, and goddam they are heavy as f%$k. Mostly foregoing any bells and whistles, you can expect a relentless onslaught of noisy guitars, furiously fluctuating beats, and esophageal scouring vocals.
And while Sectioned coast by just fine on their speed and aggression alone, they do have a handful of tricks up their sleeves. "Portrait," for instance, devolves into a flurry of electronic breakbeats while the ferocious "Synchronicity" deploys some seriously engine-revving djent riffs. Then there's "Betrayer," which frankly sounds like the entire world is burning down, and also the hauntingly bleak piano conclusion of "Through The Trees." But more often than not, it's simply the way in which the unhinged screams overlap so perfectly with the blistering feedback ("Starved Lives") that keeps me coming back for more.
Critiques: The album is damn near perfect. The only thing that would kick the score up at this point is upping the experimentation without losing anything in the process.
The Verdict: Annihilated is sure to go down as one of the heaviest mathcore/hardcore albums of the year. It's fast, deviously destructive, and dangerously addictive. I had trouble putting Sectioned down and I'm quite confident that you will too. Download digital at the price of your choosing, or help an independent band out by picking up any number of physical formats.
Flight's Fav's: Synchronicity, Toothgrinder, Bête Noire
- Review by FlightOfIcarus
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