This cover art outs the "Bore" in Aurora Borealis... Geographically, some places are associated with a certain stigma...for example, I'm situated in the valley's of south Wales (proud of that I am too boy bach) and more often than not, we're labelled as commoners...literal working class (or lower) nobodies with little to no aspiration (Which I completely disagree with, one day, I will sign-on and I WILL find a zero hour contract...I have dreams dammit!) but then at the opposite end of the spectrum, you have the stigma associated with the likes of Oxford and Cambridge for example...supposedly the elite in terms of higher education, snobbery and essentially the epitome of "I am rich, behold my silver spoon, for I was born with it firmly embedded in my ass"...well personally I say bugger the stereotypes and listen up...formed in 2014...in Cambridge...are a melodic-metal/hardcore band called BURY THE LIGHT and they care not for pomp and circumstance. No...instead they want to rock the fuck out with their recent EP "SunStroker"....college drop out's or heading towards a Masters Degree in life? Let's find out...
The EP begins with "Closure Eyes" and we're met with a light, melodic intro courtesy of guitarist Sam, it rolls along in such a relaxed manner and the resulting burst of energy when the track comes to life is all the more effective. It chugs along with vocalist Luigi's broken delivery almost bullet pointing the song...(Imagine William Shatner doing screamo) but the emotion is clear for all to hear; it's quite meaty this but the smooth underlying guitar tone balances the track out well and at under three minutes, it's a decent introduction. "Numb" picks things back up immediately and this one is ferocious from the word go...it rarely let's up and even though there is harmony within the chorus it's still a bombardment of riffs and viciousness, the breakdown is expected but it switches straight into a delicately soft ending providing a contradistinction via unexpected reprieve...
EP highlight "Solitude" has a really catchy intro, there's a great hook to this one and you can just feel the quality and the influence of artists such as ARCHITECTS is very clear here, but I'm picking up just a touch of ALEXISONFIRE too and despite the obvious heaviness to their sound, it's always mixed with an open, airy accessibility. The title track again, utilizing influences which also include PARKWAY DRIVE, applies more of the same qualities and more clean vocals this time around and opting for the gradual fade-out, it adds more character to the EP instead of being straightforward in a start/stop sense, retaining interest, before we're thrown a complete curve ball..."Grief"...for all it's relaxed, ambient beauty feels a little out of place mid-EP...there's absolutely nothing wrong with the delicacy of this instrumental, but it should be at the end of the EP, ideally acting as a come-down, before we officially end proceedings with lead single "Deadweight" and while it's decent metalcore, housing slight FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND elements during the chorus, it's lost something because of the previous track; you've endured the noise and your heart-rate has already been caressed back to a safe level thanks to the instrumental, this jolt back just seems a little...off.
It's obvious that these lads have a passion for their preferred style, they haven't just banded together and said let's make a fucking racket, there's good song structure here musically and for a relatively green band there's a good level of depth. There's 100% a market for this, with recent successes by WHILE SHE SLEEPS for example and they definitely have the capability to make a name for themselves. As Theresa May would say; "Strong and stable". [7]
The EP begins with "Closure Eyes" and we're met with a light, melodic intro courtesy of guitarist Sam, it rolls along in such a relaxed manner and the resulting burst of energy when the track comes to life is all the more effective. It chugs along with vocalist Luigi's broken delivery almost bullet pointing the song...(Imagine William Shatner doing screamo) but the emotion is clear for all to hear; it's quite meaty this but the smooth underlying guitar tone balances the track out well and at under three minutes, it's a decent introduction. "Numb" picks things back up immediately and this one is ferocious from the word go...it rarely let's up and even though there is harmony within the chorus it's still a bombardment of riffs and viciousness, the breakdown is expected but it switches straight into a delicately soft ending providing a contradistinction via unexpected reprieve...
EP highlight "Solitude" has a really catchy intro, there's a great hook to this one and you can just feel the quality and the influence of artists such as ARCHITECTS is very clear here, but I'm picking up just a touch of ALEXISONFIRE too and despite the obvious heaviness to their sound, it's always mixed with an open, airy accessibility. The title track again, utilizing influences which also include PARKWAY DRIVE, applies more of the same qualities and more clean vocals this time around and opting for the gradual fade-out, it adds more character to the EP instead of being straightforward in a start/stop sense, retaining interest, before we're thrown a complete curve ball..."Grief"...for all it's relaxed, ambient beauty feels a little out of place mid-EP...there's absolutely nothing wrong with the delicacy of this instrumental, but it should be at the end of the EP, ideally acting as a come-down, before we officially end proceedings with lead single "Deadweight" and while it's decent metalcore, housing slight FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND elements during the chorus, it's lost something because of the previous track; you've endured the noise and your heart-rate has already been caressed back to a safe level thanks to the instrumental, this jolt back just seems a little...off.
It's obvious that these lads have a passion for their preferred style, they haven't just banded together and said let's make a fucking racket, there's good song structure here musically and for a relatively green band there's a good level of depth. There's 100% a market for this, with recent successes by WHILE SHE SLEEPS for example and they definitely have the capability to make a name for themselves. As Theresa May would say; "Strong and stable". [7]
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