Light This City – “Terminal Bloom” (Creator-Destructor Records)
Taking a page from the Swedish melodic death metal scene,
Terminal Bloom, the first release
from recently resurrected Light This City in nearly a decade, is a crushing
return to form for the Bay City metal outfit. Led by an absolute barrage from
guitar tandem Steve Hoffman and Ryan Hansen and a frenzied vocal beatdown from
frontwoman Laura Nichol, Light This City wastes little time on opener “Reality
In Disarray” getting back to doing what they know how to do best – fucking shred.
From there it’s best to break out the thesaurus because Terminal Bloom is all the adjectives (“A Grotesque Reflection” and “Dormant
Tide” are straight up juggernauts highlighted by galloping leads, the title
track is old school stomping thrash, “Agents Of Fate” features all of the best
things about Terminal Bloom rolled
into one song, “The Wake Of My Will” houses arguably the albums strongest
guitar work (don’t miss that solo, damn), “Wildheart” is a blitzing metal anthem,
a perfect way to close Terminal Bloom).
To surmise Terminal Bloom, let us go
back to the well – IT FUCKING SHREDS – and that’s really all you need to know
about it. Welcome back Light This City.
Go Download: “Terminal Bloom”
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