Release
date: 26th January 2018. Label: Argonauta Records (CD) / Lighttown
Fidelty (Vinyl). Format: DD
Serrated
– Tracklisting
1.Come
Undone 04:33
2.Restless
05:46
3.Blind
Man's Guess 06:31
4.Hysteria
06:41
5.Fade
Out 09:37
6.Thoughts
& Regrets 07:49
7.Drowning
in Daybreak 02:33
Members
Peter
van Grunsven - Bass guitar
Ivo
Jonkers - Drums & samples
Marco
Gelissen - Guitar & vocals
Review
An
Evening With Knives, the Eindhoven trio who first whetted listeners
appetites with their self titled debut EP in 2015 return with their
debut album Serrated and without a doubt, this is an extremely
hypnotic album that is heavy on riffs and creates an atmosphere that
drags you in and doesn't let go. Since the release of the EP the band
have spent the time honing their sound and Serrated is the highly
anticipated result and those results are decidedly massive.
Serrated
begins with the discordant Come Undone and the sprawling mournful
mysticism of Restless and these two well crafted tracks set the tone
for the album superbly. The woozy Blind Man's Guess follows and is a
track that revels in its passion with its hypnotising and an almost
repetitive nature taking you into its grasp and consuming you whole
and when it reaches its epic conclusion, you cannot help but marvel
at its glory.
Hysteria
has more post-metal leanings that are just as hypnotic and certainly
shows off a different side to An Evening With Knives, but one that
sits at ease with what has come before it, it is noticeably bleaker
and vaster but never anything other than sublime and sublimely
executed with echoes of Neurosis and Amenra in there. That sublime
execution is also very evident on the track that follows it which is
entitled Fade Out, a track that explodes in a triumphant state and is
nine and a half minutes of sheer riff joy.
Serrated
concludes with the powerful and pensive Thoughts & Regrets before
closing track, the almost all instrumental Drowning In Daybreak
finishes things off with a bang. The song has a noticeably shorter
running time but it's shimmering glory is definitely a great way to
call time on the album.
The
main thing that strikes you about Serrated is how well crafted the
songs on the album are and how well they are executed with the band
playing their hearts out and the vocals, riffs and grooves all coming
together splendidly, resulting in a cacophony of sludge, doom and
stoner sounds wrapped up in a psychedelic blanket.
An
Evening With Knives have created an album that takes you in and
mesmerises you but just after doing so, pummels you with its heavy
riffs and absorbing rhythms and you will want to listen to it time
and time again.
Words
by Gavin Brown
Thanks to NeeCee Agency for the promo. You can buy the album here from Argonauta Records on CD and Vinyl from Lighttown Fidelity
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