{"id":5176,"date":"2016-06-29T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T12:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-virus-memento-collider\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:42","slug":"album-review-virus-memento-collider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-virus-memento-collider\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Virus – Memento Collider"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Not to be confused with veteran British thrashers of the same name, this Virus<\/b> is a strain of Norwegian avant garde progressive metal that is not for the faint hearted. If, however, you like a challenge and enjoy a bit of hypnotic repetition this could be your proverbial cuppa .<\/p>\n

They set out their stall in fairly dramatic style with 10 minutes of galloping bass lines and a vocal of sinister intent on ‘Afield’<\/i>; there are some discordant flourishes and a slow boiling mid section, but otherwise it\u2019s incessant repetition of the rolling bass – all very serious. There is a similarly intense shuffle to ‘Rogue Fossil’<\/i>, which is actually kinda funky, and although it is wordy with lines something like \u201dAnd the rumours are swirling around the gallows \/ like satellites of rude will \/ they flash and they curse like stupid old laws \/ in aluminium scented nights\u201d<\/i> – it actually works in a quirky way and is a bit of a grower, especially when they twist the intensity knob up another notch. <\/p>\n

The middle two tracks ‘Dripping Into Orbit’<\/i> and ‘Steamer’<\/i> make for particularly uncomfortable listening. The former boasts freestyle drumming and a monotonous riff, but the guitar, bass and drums then crash around off one another, rather than keeping the smooth straight lines of the opening tracks. Meanwhile, ‘Steamer’<\/i> takes a more melodic line, though they clearly enjoy playing a motif to death, looping bass then dominates as they begin “cascading through the ages.”<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

‘Gravity Seeker’<\/i> has a fairly straightforward head rocking, foot tapping groove that rolls along, before the slow burn bass riff of closer ‘Phantom Oil Slick’<\/i> hits a gallop. Its chorus is delivered with appropriate foreboding and it takes a few twists and turns, but essentially they are trying to bass the listener to death for nine long minutes.<\/p>\n

For lovers of this kind of experimental rock, this album is probably totally genius, for those who like things a little more conventional the monotonous bass lines and repetitive riffing with either hypnotise you into a trance or try your patience.<\/p>\n

3\/5<\/p>\n

‘Memento Collider’<\/em> by Virus<\/strong> is out now on Karisma Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Virus<\/strong> links:Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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