{"id":3439,"date":"2016-12-07T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-aphyxion-aftermath\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:11:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:11:04","slug":"review-aphyxion-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-aphyxion-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0Aphyxion &#8211;\u00a0Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/e8089f1428030caa3e8084b3f59c984e\/tumblr_ohqaaeGvPS1r8no6so3_1280.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you listen to <b>Aphyxion<\/b>\u2019s second full-length album <i>\u2018Aftermath\u2019<\/i> before finding out anything albout the quintet, you shouldn\u2019t be surprised to learn they hail from Ribe, Denmark. This is because their take on metal is one that could only come from a Scandanavian nation.<\/p>\n<p>This brand of commercial melodic death metal hasn\u2019t felt very cutting edge since Soilwork and Scar Symmetry showed the world how it\u2019s done in the mid-naughties. However, the European metal market still has an audience hungry for bands that serve up polished grooves with stadium choruses, and from the chugging that opens the album on <i>\u2018Dark Stains on Ivory\u2019<\/i> it\u2019s clear that making melodeath is <b>Aphyxion<\/b>\u2019s modus operandi.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>They exhibit a definite knowledge of their craft exhibiting huge riffs with memorable hooks. <i>\u2018Destined to Fail\u2019<\/i>&rsquo;s opens with a melancholic lead guitar riff that aims for an epic sound, while <i>\u2018Born to Stand Strong\u2019<\/i> exhibits a mid-paced chorus designed for pumping fists to in festival crowds. More interesting is the extent of electronics used on the record, which only enhance it\u2019s distinctly European character. <i>\u2018The Nature of Mankind\u2019<\/i> is awash with pumping pop synthesisers that could also be used in Denmark\u2019s next Eurovision entry.<\/p>\n<p>But for all its catchiness <i>\u2018Aftermath\u2019<\/i>&rsquo;s one dimensional songwriting hinders it from being of any more merit. Instead this makes <b>Aphyxion<\/b>&rsquo;s metalcore contemporaries in Betraying the Martyrs or Bleed From Within feel much more alluring to listen to than delivng further into the world of melodeath.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s enough good moments here, but <b>Aphyxion<\/b> haven\u2019t given melodic death metal the shot in the arm it needs here.<\/p>\n<p>2.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&lsquo;Aftermath&rsquo;<\/i> by <b>Aphyxion<\/b> is out now on <b>Prime Collective<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Aphyxion<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aphyxion.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aphyxion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APHYXION\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Andy Davidson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyrfDavidson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you listen to Aphyxion\u2019s second full-length album \u2018Aftermath\u2019 before finding out anything albout the quintet, you shouldn\u2019t be surprised to learn they hail from Ribe, Denmark. 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This brand of commercial melodic death metal hasn\u2019t felt very cutting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":15972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2533,15033,15021,2532,1643],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-aftermath","tag-andrew-davidson","tag-andy-davidson","tag-aphyxion","tag-prime-collective"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review:\u00a0Aphyxion -\u00a0Aftermath - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you listen to Aphyxion\u2019s second full-length album \u2018Aftermath\u2019 before finding out anything albout the quintet, you shouldn\u2019t be surprised to learn they\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review:\u00a0Aphyxion -\u00a0Aftermath - 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