out now: Last Year's Tragedy (Kenya) 2021 album Amongst Lions

Last Year's Tragedy

Amongst Lions

January 14th, 2021

The latest recording by Last Year's Tragedy (Kenya) finds them, as usual, sounding better and better. Back in 2010 their sound was a young metalcore beginning. By 2013 things were sounding tighter, improved, as they reached a more mature phase: the scream/growl vocals were heavier, the melodies were sounding nice, the melodic singing was shining. The 2015 single was also promising, as was the 2019 single. By 2019 their sound was both more metal, thrashy in a classic-style melodic death metal way, while keeping the melodic metalcore very much alive, and the melodic singing had never sounded better. Now with a full-length we can all hear where things stand. Tight riffing, good guitar melodies, pleasant keyboards, good and intelligible (slightly raspy) growling, memorable melodic singing and catchy songwriting. This engine is firing on all cylinders. Their ear-friendly combination of metalcore and melodeath makes for a fun, entertaining listen. There are other things to note, too. There is a detectable amount of melancholic vibes, almost akin to goth; sometimes there is some tremolo guitar work (has someone been listening to black metal?!), a bit of deathcore, breakdowns, blast-ing, post-hardcore, some pop sensibilities, the wonderful melodic voice of guest RISH, and other elements. Fortunately, there is a coherence to it all. I think that younger audiences in here the U.S. might really get into this band.

Amongst Lions by Last Year's Tragedy

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