{"id":77121,"date":"2019-03-12T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=77121"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:24:44","slug":"review-herod-sombre-dessein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-herod-sombre-dessein\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Herod &#8211; Sombre Dessein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-77126 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Herod - Sombre Dessein\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-30x30.jpg 30w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Herod-Sombre-Dessein.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Switzerland isn\u2019t a country that has cultivated many successful metal acts over the years. Having said that, one such addition could be <b>Herod<\/b>, a band that is gradually hammering people\u2019s skulls in with monstrous riffs and chop-change polyrhythms. With a concept based around the downfall of the world, <i>\u2018Sombre Dessein\u2019<\/i> is packed with music that strikes fear into the hearts of those that listen.<\/p>\n<p>Opener <i>\u2018Fork Tongue\u2019<\/i> is a flurry of dissonance: the enraged guttural screams marry well with the sprawling riffs and articulate drums that give us an insight into <strong>Herod<\/strong>\u2019s soul-crushing sound. Bill Steer of Carcass is on hand to provide a concise flair to the piece; a solo that isn\u2019t complicated but adds depth and character to the track.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Reckoning\u2019<\/i> starts off as a bog-standard Djent song, something that lacks any originality &#8211; or so you think. The jarring mix conveys an aggressive feel, and the clean break keeps the listener holding on by a thread with a brief display of soft vocals until shouting erupts from the bowels of hell.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Herod - Fork Tongue (Official Video) feat. Bill Steer (Carcass)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3La0CoA7D0?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><i>\u2018Don\u2019t Speak Last\u2019<\/i> starts the listener off in a weird dream state. The body and mind both lull to the shimmering guitar line and the tribal drum rolls. A dizzying frenzy ensues on <i>\u2018Silent Truth\u2019<\/i> &#8211; the disposition of this track is a welcome change, flowing in and out of brutal metal music and sombre passages of melody that are seemingly impossible to understand, but the urge to go with the flow and headbang along is inescapable. The inevitable finale arrives in <i>\u2018There Will Be Gods\u2019<\/i>, a lengthy battle of painful screams, chunky guitar lines and booming drums that pummel you one last time &#8211; a painful end to this gargantuan LP.<\/p>\n<p>If Gojira suddenly decided to start making Djent music then <i>\u2018Sombre Dessein\u2019<\/i> would be the result &#8211; something so utterly nightmarish that you won\u2019t sleep for weeks. If we were to witness the end of days then this album would be a perfect soundtrack to the declination of all that we know.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Sombre Dessein&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Herod<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Pelagic Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herod <\/strong>links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodnoise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HerodNoise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/herodnoise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/herod.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Dylan Whitty (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rootsinwax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rootsinwax<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If we were to witness the end of days then this album would be a perfect soundtrack&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":77126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,16706,2139,16707],"class_list":["post-77121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-herod","tag-pelagic-records","tag-sombre-dessein"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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