{"id":9873,"date":"2015-05-26T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-will-haven-open-your-mind-to\/"},"modified":"2015-05-26T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:54:35","slug":"album-review-will-haven-open-your-mind-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-will-haven-open-your-mind-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review:\u00a0Will Haven &#8211;\u00a0Open Your Mind To Discomfort EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/b774fe0357de4a54363289ee3e252f9c\/tumblr_nowhwoGGc01r8no6so3_1280.jpg\" width=\"250px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><b>Will Haven<\/b> have always been a band that have a simplistic yet impacting sound, but at the same defy the logic of being pigeon holed into any particularly sub-genre within metal. Unfairly lumped in with the nu-metal crowd upon their inception they managed to break free of that particular passing fad and have stood on their own terms ever since. Thankfully nothing has changed with the release of their new EP <i>\u2018Open Your Mind To Discomfort\u2019<\/i>.<\/figure>\n<p> Following a tumultuous few years which saw several line-up changes, singer Grady Avenell leaving and re-joining and the addition of Slipknot bassist Chris Fehn to the ranks, <b>Will Haven<\/b> released <i>\u2018Voir Dier\u2019<\/i> which was arguably their best album for 10 years. It went someway to re-capturing the murderous sound of their late 90\u2019s releases that had made the underground sit up and take note of the band in the first place.<!-- more --> <\/p>\n<figure> <\/figure>\n<p> The release of <i>\u2018Open Your Mind To Discomfort\u2019<\/i> doesn\u2019t see <b>Will Haven<\/b> trying to re-capture their sound; it has been well and truly re-captured with even more malice and abject terror being strangled out of their trademark sound. Built of five tracks, around which tension increasing intros are intertwined, this is undoubtedly the finest cut from the band since 1997\u2019s <i>\u2018El Diablo\u2019<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Hermit\u2019<\/i> is the undoubted highlight of the set with its depth-charge riff and a vocal that you\u2019d describe as strained even for someone with the capability of Grady Avenell. Clawing at your face from the off, it goes from punch to the face to slowed down menace at will, amid a base layer of blood-curdling atmospherics. <b>Will Haven<\/b> were once described as making <i>\u201cmusic to find someone hanging to\u201d<\/i> and for anyone who didn\u2019t understand that particular sentiment at the time, one spin of <i>\u2018Hermit\u2019<\/i> will soon reveal the full extent of that particular idea. <\/p>\n<p> It seems strange to be using negative words like uncomfortable, murderous and horrific for a work as undoubtedly brilliant as <i>\u2018Open The Mind To Discomfort\u2019<\/i>, and really the title sums it up perfectly, but as fans of the band will tell you, those are the sentiments that <b>Will Haven<\/b> are all about. <\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019Open The Mind To Discomfort\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Will Haven<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Artery Recordings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Haven<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/willhavenband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/willhavenband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Rob Fearnley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Haven have always been a band that have a simplistic yet impacting sound, but at the same defy the logic of being pigeon holed into any particularly sub-genre within metal. 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