Review: Future Corpse – Culture Ruins Everything Around Me

Style: progressive metal, post-hardcore, math rock (mixed vocals)
Recommended for fans of: At the Drive In, The Fall of Troy, Lye by Mistake, The Mars Volta, Protest the Hero, proggyness + fun
Review by: Dylan
Country: Australia
Release date: 11 July 2018

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was originally published in the July 2018 issue of The Progressive Subway, before we even had a website!]

This has been the most surprising release of the year so far to me. Hadn’t it been for /u/genderlessperson [editor’s note: Sam’s old Reddit account, now /u/sam1oq] having this album on the review list, I probably would have never found this band to be honest. After all, they play a very unique type of music, and don´t surpass 70 monthly Spotify listeners as of the time I’m writing this. But I really hope this review will get some of you to check this out because it is a PHENOMENAL release.

The most accurate description I can think of this album´s style is; if The Mars Volta, instead of being a full on prog rock group completely separating itself from At the Drive-In, would have mixed their post-hardcore roots with prog. It also reminds me of Kvelertak thanks to the rock and roll ish riffs, but do not be confused, as this band is much, much lighter than them.

The tone of the guitars, vocals, drums, and the mixing itself all sounds like (great) post hardcore. The guitars are a highlight with great riffs, and the vocal performance here rips. What you get with Future Corpse is a sense of technicality and experimentation that takes their music to another level. The music is very catchy and easy to get into, yet multiple listens are rewarded because of the layers of complexity the band placed into their tunes. The prog elements also come in with unusual interludes with sometimes unusual instruments, but they never felt out of place for me. And most importantly, this release is just tons of fun, to the point that it was hard for me not to smile through the whole album.

If you want a fun technical post-hardcore experience, I highly recommend this album to you. And anyone merely intrigued by reading this review. Go hear it. Now. Ok maybe finish reading the post first but you know what I mean ;).

[Editors note: if you like this, also be sure to check out their debut album Another World to Consume (Spotify | Bandcamp), it’s just as good.]

Recommended tracks: Hyper Normal Living, Culture Ruins Everything Around Me
You may also like: Bagdadski vor
Final verdict: 8.5/10

Related links: Bandcamp | Spotify | Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Metal-Archives page

Label: Independent

Future Corpse is:
– Tim Lac (unknown)
– Elliott Sansom (unknown)
– Jarrod Wolfe (unkown)