1 Empty Prophets 3:03
2 I Sever 5:08
3 Cycle Of Suffering 3:33
4 Shield 3:52
5 Calcified 3:56
6 Invidia 4:53
7 Idle Hands 4:40
8 Apex Of Disdain 4:26
9 Arms Like A Noose 3:47
10 Devils In Their Eyes 3:27
11 Disintegration 4:07
12 Abandon 6:07
The world is in chaos. Societies are angry and divided. The future looks bleak. But all is not lost:
music still has the power to light up those ominous, cloudy skies. Masters of enlightened,
neck-wrecking turbo-thrash, Sylosis is returning to the barricades after four years of silence,
armed with its strongest album yet and a renewed sense of purpose. The fightback against the
dying of the light starts here. Formed in Reading at the turn of the millennium, Sylosis swiftly
stood apart from everything else that was happening in the British metal scene at that time. As
the metalcore hordes began to dominate the mainstream, guitarist and chief songwriter Josh
Middleton pursued a singular, defiant course, blending the machine-gun precision of thrash with
the monstrous power of modern extremity and frequent flashes of progressive flair. Exploding
into view with debut album Conclusion Of An Age in 2008, Sylosis established itself as a major
player in the UK scene with live shows that swiftly became notorious for their riotous, celebratory
vibe.
There are huge melodies and gleaming hooks erupting throughout this sustained, 50-minute
burst of cutting-edge brutality, but Cycle Of Suffering is bold and exploratory too: everything from
slow-burning cautionary tale Calcified to the acoustic-led but venomous Arms Like A Noose
indicates that Sylosis has evolved as a band, while its leader’s song writing blade has never
been sharper. Cycle Of Suffering simply the best thing that Sylosis has ever produced. |
