Within Y took me by surprise. Judging by the CD cover, I was
\nexpecting Within Y to be a progressive metal band like Zero Hour or
\nReading Zero — a band that would awe me with their collective
\nvision of how to make music that changed time signatures on a whim
\nor perhaps offered a deeper analysis of the world than, say, Papa
\nRoach or Linkin Park. Their CD cover, with a house on a skinny
\npiece of land, a mysterious house, a young girl blindfolded — all
\nfeatures of what I think of when I think of “modern day progressive
\nmetal band CD cover.”<\/p>\n
And despite what I thought I was getting myself into is quickly
\nshattered. Begining with a scream Phil Anselmo (Pantera) would
\nlike, Within Y are a death metal band, closer to the inspiration
\nmusicality of Spiritual Eclipse or Detachment than the
\naforementioned Zero Hour or Reading Zero.<\/p>\n
I think that is what made Within Y a refreshing listen. Sure,
\nthe lyrics are frequently screamed or exhumed with the clarity of a
\nmud cake, but the intensity is there. Drummer Thim Blom is fast,
\npounding his drums into oblivion. Guitarists Nikke Almen and Mikael
\nNordin show interesting songwriting skills, especially when the
\nband launches into the aggressive “Injection.” Vocalist Andreas
\nSolvestr\u00f6m is extremely vicious when he sings, “Fall down to
\ngain perspective, to see the light \/ Severe, drained observations,
\nconfidential world of lies \/ as this bitter sweet injection \/ view
\nthe world through the self-destructive eye \/ as a weaker state of
\nmind, protected by pale reflections \/ depart this fragile human
\nlife.” Maybe I wasn’t so far off with the Zero band comparisons?
\nMusically, at the 2:42 mark, the band shifts into a more
\nstraight-forward groove that allows the guitar solo to be melodic
\nand interesting. It is not about playing super fast or a bunch of
\nnotes in a single breath — in this song, it is about playing a
\nguitar melody.<\/p>\n
Anotehr standout track is “Behold.” On top of an interesting “Silently Leaving” continues the momentum of “Behold” when Overall, I think Within Y is an excellent band. They are a death
\nguitar riff, Solvestr\u00f6m is on-target when he sings, “You want
\nme to ease your suffering\/ Why can’t you gather your thoughts and\/
\nBlame no one.” Gather your thoughts, gather your feelings and blame
\nno one else but yourself. In our society of “it’s their fault, not
\nmine, for
\nperspective. Don’t blame me or anyone else for your problems —
\nchoice is yours so do what you can with it.<\/p>\n
\nSolvestr\u00f6m sings, “This world of confusion suffocates our
\ngreatest dreams\/ Feeding the disease, silently leaving, this
\nbehind, searching, the twoers, for the colours of the world feeding
\nthe disease, silently leaving this behind.” Blom catches the
\nchanges of the guitar riffs with precision, adding a color to the
\nmusic that is appealing. At the 2:24 mark, the band shifts into an
\nacoustic guitar melody played over Blom’s interesting drum
\npattern.<\/p>\n
\nmetal band so there are characteristics of the genre: Blom plays a
\nlot of double bass. Almen and Nordin play fast riffs at times, and,
\nif I hadn’t been listening to death metal for the last few years,
\nSolvestr\u00f6m would sound like a fool Instead, he sounds
\naggressive and pulls the band’s vision of the world into a brutal
\n44:00 minute assault. I hope Within Y finds themselves on a
\nworldwide tour, opening for someone like Morbid Angel or another
\nreputable death metal tour where the audiences the band sees on a
\nnightly basis would be introduced to the band’s power. According to
\nthe counter on
\nthe official
\nsite<\/a>, just over 8500 visitors have discovered this band. Here’s
\nhoping you check them out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7078],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38143","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-within-y","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38143"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38143"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}