{"id":71584,"date":"2018-10-30T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=71584"},"modified":"2018-10-30T20:17:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T20:17:29","slug":"review-landmvrks-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-landmvrks-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: LANDMVRKS \u2013 Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71585 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LANDMVRKS-Fantasy-Artwork.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>France has made a number of contributions to global rock and metal over the years with Gojira, Betraying The Martyrs, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! and <strong>LANDMVRKS<\/strong> count among the nation&#8217;s exports.<\/p>\n<p>The group from Marseille signed with German label Arising Empire early this year, announcing the deal by promising that it would give them <em>&#8220;the opportunity to provide our fans with the next album they deserve.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Fantasy&#8217;<\/em>&#8216;s title track does have the sort of ambition and conviction required to represent a significant step forward from anything on debut record <em>&#8216;Hollows&#8217;<\/em>. It careers around with stylistic jumps that somehow work, the heavy bits vicious and other bits accessibly aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"LANDMVRKS - Blistering (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zdcw49mkGwc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Scars&#8217;<\/em> has the same verve, this time driven by guitar work featuring a contagious riff and a solo from Florestand Durand of Novelists (another French band). Guest spots are well-utilised overall, with Betraying The Martyrs&#8217; Aaron Matts&#8217; donating his growl to highlight <em>&#8216;Reckoning&#8217;<\/em> and Camille Contreras of Bliss Sigh making an impressive contribution to the surprisingly well-executed ballad,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Alive&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That sort of sensitivity works far better than the muscle-flexing of <em>&#8216;Wake Up Call&#8217;<\/em> and single <em>&#8216;The Worst of You and Me&#8217;<\/em>, which are pointlessly heavy and never going to be playlist picks from this collection.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly worth returning to, however, is <em>&#8216;Blistering&#8217;<\/em>. Sensibly easing in the hook from the get-go, it has a balanced and grand feel that earns its place at <em>&#8216;Fantasy&#8217;<\/em>&#8216;s heart. The one hard-to-place gripe is an odd ill-discipline exemplified by a sub-par breakdown and unsatisfying fade-out \u2013\u00a0something that bafflingly also closes the album.<\/p>\n<p>Such blemishes should not be dwelt upon, as on the whole <em>&#8216;Fantasy&#8217;<\/em> impresses. It is ambitious in flashes, packs a punch when it needs to and is based on an enjoyable incarnation of metalcore that is easily accessed.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Fantasy&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>LANDMVRKS\u00a0<\/strong>is released on 2nd November on\u00a0<strong>Arising Empire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LANDMVRKS\u00a0<\/strong>links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landmvrks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LANDMVRKS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LANDMVRKS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/landmvrks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/landmvrks.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Peter Stewart (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteStew_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PeteStew_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Fantasy&#8217; is ambitious in flashes and packs a punch when it needs to&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":71585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,993,16115,16114,15030],"class_list":["post-71584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-arising-empire","tag-fantasy","tag-landmvrks","tag-peter-stewart"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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