The Postman Syndrome
Terraforming
Now Or Never Records 2002
By Nathan Pearce
Its obvious the 21st century will be a test for any band playing traditional styles and genres. Once again, the post-hardcore genre has unleashed a band not content with predetermined notions of the genre. The Postman Syndrome takes punishing metalcore, sprinkles a dash of death metal, a pinch of melodic rock, a teaspoon of prog, and then boils it all until everything melts into one large heap of heavy music.
Terraforming shows The Postman Syndrome has learned to go from the Foo Fighters, to Rush, to The Dillinger Escape Plan without sounding confusing. In fact, The Postman Syndrome doesnt even seem to know these styles of music are being morphed throughout every song. The band is as adept at changing sounds and styles as they are at writing amazing songs; great choruses breakdown into complex song structures only to twist back into straight ahead melodic verses. All this is done without confusing the listener one bit.
While I sense that this band comes from a hardcore/metalcore background, the song structures and sounds of more modern metal is what drives them. Check out Schizorabbit and the Face Parade (part 1) and tell me Sepultura wouldnt be proud. The Postman Syndrome proves, once again, that limitations dont exist. Without losing any sense of direction, Terraforming is a complex but assessable album. Definitely a band to be reckoned with. Melodic . . . progressive . . . crushing . . .
9/10
www.postmansyndrome.com
www.noworneverrecords.com
Terraforming
Now Or Never Records 2002
By Nathan Pearce
Its obvious the 21st century will be a test for any band playing traditional styles and genres. Once again, the post-hardcore genre has unleashed a band not content with predetermined notions of the genre. The Postman Syndrome takes punishing metalcore, sprinkles a dash of death metal, a pinch of melodic rock, a teaspoon of prog, and then boils it all until everything melts into one large heap of heavy music.
Terraforming shows The Postman Syndrome has learned to go from the Foo Fighters, to Rush, to The Dillinger Escape Plan without sounding confusing. In fact, The Postman Syndrome doesnt even seem to know these styles of music are being morphed throughout every song. The band is as adept at changing sounds and styles as they are at writing amazing songs; great choruses breakdown into complex song structures only to twist back into straight ahead melodic verses. All this is done without confusing the listener one bit.
While I sense that this band comes from a hardcore/metalcore background, the song structures and sounds of more modern metal is what drives them. Check out Schizorabbit and the Face Parade (part 1) and tell me Sepultura wouldnt be proud. The Postman Syndrome proves, once again, that limitations dont exist. Without losing any sense of direction, Terraforming is a complex but assessable album. Definitely a band to be reckoned with. Melodic . . . progressive . . . crushing . . .
9/10
www.postmansyndrome.com
www.noworneverrecords.com
