Ten songs, ten triumphs: mission accomplished

“From the fiery modern thrash of 2008 debut Conclusion
Of An Age and its epic follow-ups, Edge Of The Earth (2011)
and Monolith (2012), to the direct, holistic savagery of 2015’s
Dormant Heart and 2020’s much-acclaimed Cycle Of Suffering,
Sylosis have proudly flown the flag for fiercely sophisticated
but defiantly uncompromising metal. Now armed with
new music, Sylosis is to make a mighty reintroduction into the
international metal world! The sixth full-length in the Sylosis
catalogue, A Sign Of Things To Come is instantly recognisable
as the most potent and powerful of the band’s career. Comprising
ten concise and crushing metal anthems, the new record
covers a huge amount of musical ground while simultaneously
delivering several metric fuck-tons of Middleton’s trademark,
ripping riffs. Notable for being the shortest Sylosis album to
date, A Sign Of Things To Come is also the band’s best: from
the all-out thrash war of the opening ‘Deadwood’ and the
snarling, groove metal fury of ‘Pariahs’, to the lurching sludge
and sublime chorus payoff of ‘Eye For An Eye,’ and ‘Thorns’
shimmering, gothic doom vibes, the phrase “all killer, no fucking
filler” has never been more applicable. Ten songs, ten triumphs:
mission accomplished. Fans of neck-breaking musical
carnage will have plenty to get excited about when A Sign Of
Things To Come is finally unleashed. With the band’s current
line-up of Josh Middleton (guitar/vocals), Alex Bailey (guitar),
Ali Richardson (drums) and Conor Marshall (bass) audibly clicking
into a higher gear, the new Sylosis album pushes and pulls
with a newfound sense of dynamics, as showcased most pointedly
via the melodic, post-industrial atmospherics of Absent’
and the haunting, epic depths of ‘A Godless Throne.’ Furthermore,
each one of these ten new songs stakes a claim to being
the best thing Josh Middleton has ever written. Co-produced
with revered studio maven Scott Atkins (Amon Amarth/Cradle
Of Filth), and sonically monstrous as a result, A Sign Of Things
To Come represents the pinnacle of this band’s creative endeavours.”