Release Date: March 14th 2025. Record Label: Argonauta Records / Electric Spark Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl
End Of Time - Tracklisting
1.Pride of Lions 03:01
2.All They Need 04:21
3.Death 03:40
4.Old Man 05:10
5.End of Time 03:32
6.Voices 05:45
7.The Mistake 05:47
8.S21 07:32
Members
Peter van Grunsven - Bass guitar Jarno van Osch - Drums & samples Marco Gelissen - Guitar & vocals
Review
Sludge/Stoner/Post-Metal collective An Evening With Knives firmly establish their Post-Metal sound very early on within their new album End Of Time. This is heavier and more aggressive compared to their last album Sense Of Gravity which was released back in 2020. The album allows the band to merge subtle Ambient Post-Metal vibes with an eclectic mix of Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal movements with the vocals being quite different and daring at the same time.
You can hear influences from Neurosis, Deftones, Mastodon and even Faith No More at times with a despairing Alt Metal sound being unleashed on the opening tracks of Pride Of Lions, All They Need and Death. An Evening With Knives fully hit their creative stride when they bring a Post Hardcore and Progressive flair to their music with the music having different time signatures and frantic Post-Stoner based attitudes which have a cool experimental energy to them.
The length of the tracks is another highlight with the majority of the songs lasting between four mins to six minutes each. Sometimes the music can be considered straightforward but An Evening WIth Knives bring a world-building Progressive Sludge Metal attitude to the album with diverse melodies shining a light to their excellent songwriting skills and superb use of atmospheric textures.
With flashes of a more obsessive Post-Stoner and Post-Doom swagger taking complete charge on the second half of the record, An Evening With Knives still have plenty of tricks up their sleeves to unleash a cool and neverending style of heavy instrumental passages to lose yourself in.
Other standout tracks to check out are End Of Time, Voices and S21 where the Cosmic elements merge spectacularly well with the Post-Doom atmospherics that shows how An Evening With Knives have delivered an action-packed and superbly constructed heavy record that sets out everything it needs to do and still leaves you begging for more action.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.
End Of Time is available to buy now on CD via Argonauta Records and Vinyl via Electric Spark Records
Link
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www.electricsparkrecords.com
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