The guy from Core thrust this into my hand at Droothys saying, "the quality's not brilliant but see what you think". Methinks he does himself down a tad. The quality's actually really good - OK so it's recorded quieter than most but all you have to do is turn the volume control up and - bingo!!! - metallic bliss! The opener, "Lie To Me" is superb - brooding verses that shudder along on waves of thick bass and drums that erupt into a chorus of hardcore vocal intensity and monumental rhythm work as the guitars swirls and snarls all over the mix. The dynamics of the track range from a whisper to a scream - literally - making the explosive parts of the track all the more effective and as a slice of raging hard-hitting contemporary metal, this is just blindingly good.
Following this comes "Take The Power Back" which hits blitzkrieg mode right from the start as this powerful sea of riffing begins the track, before it falls back to that thunderously brooding lyrical quality of the verses before exploding in another hail of riffing before returning to the menacing vocal of the verses. Then the whole thing lifts as the chorus refrain appears and the track intensifies into this molten metal sun that flares and blinds to jaw-dropping degree, finally dropping back and arranged just perfectly. It reminded me of someone I can't recall (fat lot of use that is to you!!!) but I tell you that this is one sensational barnstormer of a track for its mix of dynamics and delivery.
Finally we get "Tonight", this time starting slowly with chiming guitar, shuffling drums and deep bass as the hydra-like hypnotic qualities of the whispered vocal come into play and you're caught in its spell, only to be shaken out of your seat as the whole thing suddenly erupts into life in a tornado of swirling guitars and rhythm, the whole thing then dropping back and decidedly a Metallica quality to its sound, delivery and arrangement, and that's a complement - trust me. The process continues as the track dives and soars to its end point. Overall, when turned way up, this is a stunner of an EP from a hardcore Dundee band who exude quality of writing, class arranging and potential to last the course, from every pore - early days, but this is superb stuff - definitely a band to watch.