Singe- Sin, Waste and Decay

 See, I told you there'd be a new review this week.


So, I really like metal/rock that finds a way to combine ferocity with a dark and threatening atmosphere of some kind. It's actually pretty hard to find but when I was young it was  pretty normal. From Acid Bath to Alice In Chains to Karma to Burn's first record you usually found it somewhere in music. I include Scissorfight in that list as well.  But it's been harder to come by recently. 

Enter new band Singe. I discovered these guys randomly on Spotify and decided to listen to this EP. Its a powerful display of atmospheric rage infused underground heaviness. From the aggressive stomp of "Settling Scores" to the noise rock/grunge sounding power of "Horsie" through the psychedelic horror of "Dusk". It all ends in the poisonous rhythm of "Lucky Strike" which comes after a spoken word interlude "VI I IV" which sounds like it would easily fit into an underground horror flick. 

This EP pulls together all the good parts of sludgecore, grunge and nu-metal. The music is well written and effortlessly flows from wild insane rage to creeping psychedelia not unlike all of the bands I mentioned in the first paragraph, The drums pound in the right moments. Guitar riffs easily move from heavy crunch to barely controlled acoustic parts. The bass perfectly compliments this formula by sinuously slithering between the drums and guitars. The lead singer has tons of charisma and can  summon absolute rage in one moment and in the next moment shatter your expectations with true tortured vulnerability.  Like the rest of the band, he is capable of combining moods and textures to compliment the songwriting for the needs of the song. 

Considering this is a debut EP and they only really released 2 other songs as "demos", this is an incredibly strong debut.  I first heard it about a week ago and have listened to it most days since. I can't see not listening to it often in the near future and believe it will be in my plays for years to come, not unlike the bands mentioned in the first paragraph. 

Standout tracks are: Dusk and Lucky Strike but the whole EP is very good, so you should definitely check them out of your a fan of any of the releases I mentioned earlier. I hope Singe do very well and get popular in hard rock and Heavy Metal circles. They deserve success and I look forward to more from this talented young band, Anyway, check them out.

https://singect.bandcamp.com/album/sin-waste-decay