Release Date: May 09th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD
The Storm Within - Tracklisting
1.The Bell 04:33
2.On The Edge 03:08
3.Mirror Of My Soul 04:32
4.The Hemlock Cup 04:12
5.Sick Society 04:58
6.Bleeding Hearts 02:49
Members
Daniel
Martin
Oskar
Review
BLIND MESS new album The Storm Within is a record that allows the band to expand their style of Hardcore Punk, Doom, Desert Rock and Stoner Metal with a classic 1990’s Alt Rock attitude. If you ever wondered what early era The Offspring would sound like if given a Stoner Rock/Metal makeover then this is the closest result you can possibly get. There is some wicked sounding Thrash and Speed Rock attitude within the opening tracks of The Bell and On The Edge.
The vocals are an inspired take of melodic rock and hardcore punk attitude with the right amount of metallic energy being delivered. The music itself is quite loose and ready but with a catchy Hardcore Punk Rock style allowing the Stoned Out elements having a jagged approach with everything being played at an intense fast-paced style. The production is quite abstract with a subtle LO-Fi sound that develops from the very start.
The Storm Within is quite a short album lasting under twenty five minutes but there’s sure a lot of catchy grooves that are downright aggressive at the best of times on tracks such as On The Edge, Mirror Of My Soul and Sick Society.
BLIND MESS do offer moments of vibrant Psychedelic passages on the later stages of the record whilst not giving up their Hardcore Punk Rock identity. This style of music has served BLIND MESS well over the course of their career with this perhaps being their most melodic and politically charged record to date but the band still offer moments of highly addictive dangerous fun along the way.
BLIND MESS have once again delivered the goods with The Storm Within and I recommend you to check out this superbly entertaining record that has a high turnover of sublime riffs that will have you headbanging in no time at all.
Words by Steve Howe
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