Band : Ad Astrata
Album : Divergence
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Experimental / Metalcore / Progressive
Tracklist :
01. Titans I: Awaken
02. Titans II: Divergence
03. Rifle Gap: Battle For The Western Slope
04. Colossus I: Descend
05. Colossus II: Arise
02. Titans II: Divergence
03. Rifle Gap: Battle For The Western Slope
04. Colossus I: Descend
05. Colossus II: Arise
Ad Astrata are a fairly new band, taking advantage of the recent surge of progressive-influenced metalcore and deathcore where stranded song structure is disregarded and epics are being written and released as EPs. While Ad Astrata aren’t exactly all that progressive in nature, they are in spirit, just as their influences in August Burns Red. The band’s first EP Divergence is a great first step in establishing a name for themselves in the modern metalcore scene.
The band’s instrumental aspects are great, as derivative as they may be at this point. They know what they want to play, and they do it right. While a metalcore band at heart, there are influences of prog, thrash, post-hardcore, and death metal shown throughout the course of Divergence, a 17-minute standalone showcase of the band’s abilities as musicians. Divergence is definitely a melting pot, with “Colossus I” alone crossing into thrash territory, later treading into sung post-hardcore vocals and a section of proggy melodeath riffing which is carried over into “Colossus II”. There are some really catchy riffs on this EP. The guitar work is definitely their
The band’s instrumental aspects are great, as derivative as they may be at this point. They know what they want to play, and they do it right. While a metalcore band at heart, there are influences of prog, thrash, post-hardcore, and death metal shown throughout the course of Divergence, a 17-minute standalone showcase of the band’s abilities as musicians. Divergence is definitely a melting pot, with “Colossus I” alone crossing into thrash territory, later treading into sung post-hardcore vocals and a section of proggy melodeath riffing which is carried over into “Colossus II”. There are some really catchy riffs on this EP. The guitar work is definitely their
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