Just this week, Art of the Flesh’s new EP became available
on CD Baby for purchase.
I have been listening to this CD for about 2 weeks and I
must say that I love it. The EP features four songs and two bonus tracks. This
EP has a unique and divergent sound that cannot be mistaken for anything else.
Neurological Apocalypse is a steady, easy to follow beat
that leads into a song that can only be described as a strobe light for your
ears. Redemption has an opening that is misleadingly simple but
gradually flows into a more complex sound that I have come to see as the
trademark sound of this band. As my mother says, “It sounds like someone poked
him with a red hot poker.” Now, that may sound like an insult (which I’m sure
she meant it as), but I think it shows the raw emotion that comes through in
this entire album.
Thy Insidious Illisions and If These Walls Could Talk
highlight Art of the Flesh’s amazing talent and sound in the unclean vocals,
swift and crisp sounds, and amazing clean vocals. I had to go as far as to ask
the vocalist, Dan Schulz, if he did the clean vocals for the album because the
difference between the clean and unclean vocals and the pure talent is
undeniable. It is remarkable that one person was able to create the different
sounds.
The bonus tracks, With Devils Speed and Born To Suffer (available at the YouTube link below) are
just as good as the four songs preceding them. With amazing vocals, guitars and
drums it is easy to get lost in the music. I’ll be honest: I can’t listen to
this just once. I get to the end of the CD and start it over again. I’m a
little concerned that I’m going to wear the down the track for If These Walls
Could Talk. It is my favorite Art of the Flesh song and I love the entire
thing, from the slow start to the “laugh” sound leading into the crushing
thrash metal to the clean vocals.
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