Style: traditional progressive metal, metalcore (mixed vocals)
Recommended for fans of: Between the Buried and me, Dream Theater, Karnivool, Pain of Salvation
Review by: Dylan
Country: United Kingdom
Release date: 26 April, 2019
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was originally published in the Missed Albums of 2019 – Second Edition issue of The Progressive Subway.]
Holy motherfucking shit. That’s what I thought upon my first listen of this monster. Talk about an album that is ridiculously bold and because of it makes a masterpiece!
Redshift is, simply put, the best of traditional progressive metal such as Dream Theater and Pain of Salvation mashing itself up to the best prog metalcore bands from the modern era like Between the Buried and Me. Oh, and like those bands, they also do it all on a conceptual album. Double u, o, double u. WOW.
It just has absolutely everything that makes this genre so great. Clean vocals in the vein of Karnivool‘s lower register stuff, harsh vocals that sound like a beefier Thomas Giles, melodic bits resembling the epicness of the grandest prog metal concept albums, riffs that melt your face off, a dystopian vibe, plenty of synths, reprises, amazing production and playing, interconnected songs, and TWO 15+ minute tracks that NEVER GET BORING!!!!!
It’s just ridiculous. It takes the idea that you can’t put too many good things into one thing or it will become bad, and SHITS on it. It should be illegal to grab my top albums of 2019 and STEAMROLL through it.
The only thing I could see someone struggling with on this album are the clean vocals which are a grower or you could easily dislike, but my god after a few listened even that clicked.
I’m still holding out the short review criteria here, but I’ll try my best to do something seriously in depth about this album for my AOTY list.
Cataclysm is a revolution. Don’t sleep out on it.
Recommended tracks: May Fate Rest Upon You, The Last Stand
You may also like: The World Is Quiet Here,
Final verdict: 10/10
Related links: Bandcamp | Spotify | Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Metal-Archives page
Label: Independent
Redshift is:
– Liam Fear (bass, keyboards, vocals)
– Joshua Boniface (guitar)
– Jack Camp (drums)
