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    1. Erra - Snowblood (2020)

      Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5 YouTube -...

      Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910
      Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5
      YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGgo1MkUj8

      New track from one of the pioneers of progressive metalcore, Erra. The band is known for its crunching hardcore riffs combined with singer/songwriter Jesse Cash's technically impressive lead guitar work that feels more like traditional metal. The band has been often praised for great live performances and song writing, but many feel they haven't had the best engineering and mixing in their recordings.

      Snowblood is their first album with new label UNFD and it seems to have unlocked the last piece of the puzzle, in my opinion. This track feels grand and open in a way Erra hasn't yet in studio. Drums feel like they are failing from the sky, JT Carvey's snarling unclean vox punch through the insanely busy guitar and bass lines. Cash's vocals still feel a little thin, in my opinion, but they seem free of over digitization, which is an OK trade off.

      5 votes