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SkyBound - "Darkfall" EP Review

8/2/2015

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Australia; a beautiful country that doesn't f**k about… If the animals on land don’t kill you the ones in the sea will…it also produces some of the finest bands ever to grace your ears; INXS, PARKWAY DRIVE, AIRBOURNE…and some little band called AC/DC (you may possibly of heard of them perhaps, no?)…so really, if you’re a new band trying to make it in the land down under, you've got no reason to believe you can’t. One such band stepping up are SKYBOUND. The young trio from Melbourne recently released their debut EP; “Darkfall” through WE ARE TRIUMPHANT Records…let’s check it out.

We open up with a short intro entitled “The Mockery”, a slightly sinister, brief yet brutal taste of things to come, we’re going to need to buckle up for this one. “Liberation” quickly kicks in with some more scorching vocals and a sprinkling of keyboard samples, layered over some purposefully pounded drumming. It’s got a hint of MOTIONLESS IN WHITE to it and that’s never a bad thing, until the clean vocals that is, they just need a little bit of polishing up.

The main single, “Treachery” is another fine dose of hard-hitting metal-core and as far as the genre goes there’s no reason why this can’t be considered a potential anthem in the making, it’s got a big chorus; it’s got the breakdowns and could easily open up the pit at live shows. “Saints Vow” is a fairly straightforward affair, more of the MIW influence, continued then with closing track “Desolate”. As far as debuts go this is a pretty strong start and despite the numerous splattering’s of ferocity, this is really quite an accessible EP outside of its initial genre bracket. If the clean vocals were just that little smoother as mentioned earlier, Skybound are onto a winner. Darkness has fallen. [6]


Checkout SkyBound's official Facebook page; http://www.facebook.com/skyboundband

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