Considering that our world is literally falling apart in front of us, the political-leaning lyrics on the record are a knockout punch. It has the most timely message of any record out right now. I just think Terminal Nation knocked it out of the park with Holocene Extinction. The first heavy music that I was really, really into when I was a kid was hardcore, so I still have a huge affinity for heavy hardcore, more metallic-leaning stuff. Holocene Extinction is their first full-length album, and it’s crushing. “This is another, younger band from Little Rock. There’s a long history of being buddies with these guys.” Terminal Nation Our guitarist Devin has known Jacob since they were in kindergarten together. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes soulful, heavy music with incredible vocals and instrumentation. This is not a discredit to Sumokem at all-they have their own amazing style-but if people want to hear more of the heavy prog sound that we had on our previous record, they’ve completely nailed that amalgam of those two things on this new record in a truly jaw-dropping way. Our newest record goes a little farther away from the prog rock sound, compared to our last one. “I wanted to push this because I know a lot of people really enjoyed the progressive side of Pallbearer’s previous record and Sumokem is another heavy band from Little Rock that also plays a style of music that’s pretty similar-a mash-up of a heavier, doomier sound with progressive rock-but this new record goes full-on into an incredible prog rock zone. “The whole cosmic synth genre is held in the highest esteem in my musical interests.” “ stuff that sounds lush and slightly broken is definitely very appealing to me,” he says. He’s been an avid collector of vintage analog models for close to 20 years, and outside of his obvious metal and punk wheelhouse, it shows in his musical taste. “Typically, it hasn’t been something that’s extremely prominent in the songwriting, but it shows its face quite a bit more on Forgotten Days than it has in the past,” he says. Musically, Forgotten Days reflects the rawness of its lyrics, never opting for a zig-zag where a righteous wallop will suffice.Īs always, Rowland’s synth wizardry provides a fitting atmosphere, and it’s even more pronounced this time around. Their 2017 record Heartless incorporated a healthy dose of prog, allowing the band’s instrumental chops to share the spotlight with their plaintive songwriting, and now the pendulum has swung back into a more straightforward realm. The 2014 follow-up to their debut, Foundations of Burden, may have simply refined and dynamized their carefully-curated sound, but their third and fourth albums stray quite far afield. The Campbell-written title track, released as the lead single this summer, sets the tone for the album by meditating on physical decay, mortality, and dementia: “Is this insanity?/ Will they come to take me?/ Who can I trust with tomorrow?/ I can barely trust myself.” It’s much more lucid than we’ve come to expect from this generation’s most expressive doom band, and perhaps even more cathartic than their existing highest peaks.įor arguably the most popular modern band of their doom subgenre, Pallbearer have never been content to stay in their lane. It’s been a very difficult subject to broach all these years, but given the distance and the fact that the memories continue to fade, it was time to take one last look at it before it completely dissipated into nothingness.”įorgotten Days not only speaks to the persistent pang of personal loss, but also to the sort of memory loss Rowland describes. This record is so much more open than we’ve ever been before. dealt a lot with that, but it was written in a much more veiled way. “Last year was the 10th anniversary of when my mom passed away, and that’s been an unbelievably difficult subject for me to assess, just because of how quickly Pallbearer turned into something that was an all-consuming thing. “It’s an intensely personal record, where we’re facing some subject matter that’s been gnawing at us throughout our entire career head-on this time,” says Rowland. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track
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