Burner
It All Returns to Nothing
Distorted Sound 90点相当
Metal Hammer 80点相当
結構ニヤニヤしてしまった。
スラッシュ/ハードコア成分が強いものの
不思議な親しみやすさが含まれている。
日本のメタル/ハードロックメディアは
このデビューアルバムを放置していていいの？
https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-it-all-returns-to-nothing-burner/
That said though, there is one particularly obvious choice for a stand out and that’s penultimate track An Affirming Flame. At seven and a half minutes, it’s more than double the length of anything else on the record, and it doesn’t waste a second. As special as they are all the time, BURNER really do seem to thrive when they have this kind of room to play with – as they did on the title track of the EP – this time producing a dynamic masterwork that brings some of their post and blackened influences more obviously to the fore. It’s further proof of their impressive range, and much like the sensibly placed interlude of Trinity right in the middle of the record, it brings an additional sense of journey and flow to It All Returns To Nothing that elevates it further still.
It also only seems fair to highlight once again the considerable talents of vocalist Harry Nott who continues to set the band apart both with his versatile delivery and his outward-focused lyrics. The message of second single Prometheus Reborn is particularly poignant for example – “a warning against the ever-present threat of nuclear weapons” – while others like Hurt Locker and Pillar Of Shame are dedicated to the people of Ukraine and to the pro-democracy protesters of Tiananmen Square respectively. Even if Nott’s harsh fries and gutturals mean it generally helps to have the lyrics in front of you, the fact is that BURNER are a band who actually stand for something, and as he repeatedly screams “liberation” in ninth track The Long March, or asserts that “nothing changes if we don’t change ourselves” in the aforementioned An Affirming Flame, their intentions are impossible to miss.
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