{"id":27732,"date":"2013-07-20T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-misery-signals-absent-light\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:18:21","slug":"album-review-misery-signals-absent-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-misery-signals-absent-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Misery Signals – Absent Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I contemplated many ways of starting this review. I\u2019ve been going around my head for days trying to figure out which collection of words could open up a review about (SPOILER ALERT) possibly my favourite album of the year. I mean, how on earth does anyone try to justify and clarify how much an album has truly blown their socks off? Do they use cliched phrases? In every sentence, all the time. Do they use superlatives? They most likely do. Maybe just hyperboles? Either way, \u2018Absent Light\u2019 <\/em>by Misery Signals<\/strong> is quite literally the best album you may just hear all year and it\u2019s bound to blow your socks off.
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What has always been remarkable about Misery Signals<\/strong> is their ability to create truly beautiful music out of the monstrous; the ability to create beauty from destruction. The opening chords of \u2018A Glimmer Of Hope\u2019<\/em> are only a sample of this trait, gently flowing on guitar strings that we\u2019ve been longing to hear for 5 years now. A string section accompanies once Karl Shubach\u2019s almost demonic vocals tear through the gentle nature that\u2019s slowly rotting in the decay.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The strings are a welcomed addition to Misery Signals<\/strong> throughout \u2018Absent Light\u2019 <\/em>and accentuate the breathtaking nature that this album has. It\u2019s taken the melodic and stunning nature of \u2018Controller\u2019 <\/em>and raised it to a whole new level, placing it on a pedestal that the strings are praising; all we need now is a preaching choir. I mean, the ending of \u2018Reborn (An Execution)\u2019<\/em> could easily be the embodiment of that imagery. I still can\u2019t quite get over how something done in such a behemoth style of brutality can have this layer of beauty and creativity, but more on that to come. One of my first listens to \u2018Absent Light\u2019<\/em> was walking through my local town centre and I honestly did get shivers down my spine.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s not just this beauty and perfection where you\u2019d expect to hear it though. Misery Signals <\/strong>are easily one of the most creative metalcore bands you shall ever hear in your life and I\u2019m certain that \u2018Absent Light\u2019<\/em> should be listened to by every fan of the genre as it\u2019s truly capable of being such a landmark album. The end of \u2018Luminary\u2019<\/em> quite literally pummels you to take notice and anybody who doesn\u2019t destroy everything around them has some serious self control, the same goes with the breakdown in \u2018Lost Relics\u2019 <\/em>(you\u2019ll know which bit I mean when you hear it).
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But it\u2019s not just in the incredibly heavy side of things as there\u2019s definitely a progressive element throughout. Not in a 70s \u2018Hey, let\u2019s write 10 minute songs about space!\u2019 kind of way but in a constantly evolving, changing and, well, progressing way. The music morphs, flows and channels from one rhythm to the next, laying on the metal and then bringing it back down to the atmospheric, keeping your attention constant and questioning to their next move. It\u2019s an elaborately constructed way of music and one I\u2019m certain only superhumans are capable of writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Absent Light\u2019<\/em> has quickly cemented itself in my top 10 albums of the year despite the many months that we still have left in the year. It\u2019s also fast becoming one of my favourite albums of all time. Music will always mean different things to different people; lyrically and musically. Right now I\u2019m just completely overwhelmed by the musicality of this record and will highly recommend it to anyone who wants to be wowed and learn what can really be done with music on a creative, inventive and original scale.<\/span><\/p>\n

And after all of those words I\u2019m still not sure if they do this album any justice; please, go and listen for yourself.<\/p>\n

5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Absent Light\u2019<\/em> by Misery Signals<\/strong> is out on the 22nd July on Basick Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Misery Signals<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Mikey Brown (@MikeyMiracle<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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