{"id":58981,"date":"2018-04-18T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=58981"},"modified":"2018-04-17T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:59:08","slug":"review-unprocessed-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-unprocessed-covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Unprocessed – Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Prog-metal and tech-metal are both continuing to enjoy a period of exceptionally rude health, though that\u2019s really no surprise. There\u2019s been a guaranteed market for anything the genres have to offer virtually since their inception, and at the rate that new bands have been coming out and vying for a prime-time slot, it\u2019s no surprise the flood hasn\u2019t even begun to let up.<\/p>\n

But as has been stated time and time again, it\u2019s the stuff that stands out from the pack that really makes a mark, and on their new album \u2019Covenant\u2019<\/i>, Germany\u2019s Unprocessed<\/b> haven\u2019t really achieved that. Mostly because you can effectively hear the boxes on the prog-metal list being ticked off; its\u00a0 a spacious, instrumentally grand album imbued with a head-melting concept and a healthy dose of both melody and brutality. For the most part, this feels like a very standardized take on the genre, from the collapsing, iron-edged polyrhythms on \u2019Ghilan\u2019<\/i> and \u2019Millenium\u2019<\/i> to Manuel Gardner Fernandes\u2019 pliable vocal style that stretches between guttural howls and ethereal melody.<\/p>\n