Recent content by Xpyro125

I have a good feeling that 2026 or 2027 is going to be an incredible year for melodeath— Especially with the classic melodeath sound. We’ve got Arch Enemy, At the Gates, The Halo Effect, and hopefully but probably not In Flames all making some fantastic stuff right now

Is this what it feels like to actually be excited about Arch Enemy again? I don’t think I’ve felt this way in nearly a decade now. I only got to listen now since it was unavailable yesterday, but it was actually worth the wait. It’s a simple song, nothing groundbreaking, but fuck if that...

Just discovered Andy Solveström’s (Formerly in Amaranthe, currently in Dimension Zero) old melodeath band from even before he did his features in Dreamland, and I wish I found them sooner.

I’m not really sure how I missed this, but it does not inspire confidence. Sure makes sense as to why Alex’s drumming sounds so mechanical and as to why the singles are so nothing. I’m starting to wonder if any of the three guitarists are even composing things so much as they’re just playing...

Yeah, I’d agree in saying Gateways is the song that stuck with me more than anything from DotL. I’d love to have more stuff like it on the next album, but I’m not sure how feasible that is given how it was the first song they wrote before pivoting to pure melodeath. I think MotU nails the pure...

I absolutely hated Maximalism when it came out since I was all about serious and technical metal with great emphasis on harsh vocals, and I was pissed about Battles, so the party hard album just did not stand a chance for me. I’m glad I got into them right before Cyhra debuted Karma because that...

I think mainstream metal sucks at the moment, but venturing even a little bit outside what’s appearing front and center in everyone’s feeds shows a lot of promise… I just value what the metal community focuses on because it stands as a represents our music as a culture. I didn’t realize they...

Considering that they actually didn’t use AI for the music video when it released, I might just be a bit interested too. I forgot that their new harsh vocalist vocalist sounds a ton like Henrik, so I genuinely thought he rejoined the band for a couple minutes. That being said, while it’s a safe...

It’s weird to me because I could absolutely see the numbers reflecting that, but part of me wonders how much of it is due to the internet becoming more and more mainstream, streamlined, accessible, and corporatized. Culturally, I think they were far more relevant in the days of melodic...

@DE4life Amaranthe released a new song that’s surprisingly good. It’s a 7/10 sort of good, but it feels power metal like their roots rather than a heavier, more watered down version of their pop metal sound. It’s really cool hearing that side of them again over the modern core-influenced side...

If nothing else, I can at least have faith that Chris will be able/allowed to give us some ripping solos like he did on Foregone. I don’t think it’ll be enough to save the guitarwork, should it be similar to last time, but Chris’ parts always put a smile on my face during an otherwise rather...

Honestly, if this ends up holding true for the next album, I might actually have some hope. I hope they go in a completely different direction and not the next logical step after Foregone. I guess I should clarify my last post by saying that are some songs I still enjoy from Foregone, but aside...

I personally don’t care much for Foregone, but I suppose I could be happy if they’d just have their usual In Flames melodies from everything before it. I don’t think ITM aged well, but Foregone made me appreciate that album a bit more right as I was starting to fall out of love with it. Knowing...

And random aside, but I recently realized that In Broken Trust’s riff is halfway ripped from Weight of the End by DT. The effects on the guitars in IBT are super cool and help it to feel a bit fresh, but you can absolutely hear it.

@DE4life I’m not sure that it’ll tag you properly, but do you remember how I said it could be interesting seeing In Flames doing something with shoegaze? I think I’ve finally got a clearer example as to how that could go than Liberation, especially with something actually melodeath in nature...