Valve are a band from France that plays a blackened form of sludge metal with some elements of post hardcore and mathcore and this is a review of t heir 2022 album "Thermoclines" which will be released on November 11th by Moment Of Collapse Records.
Cinematic sounding synths start off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic direction. Elements of sludge and doom metal can be heard in the slower sections of the songs while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and the vocals are mostly blackened metal screams.
Clear vocals can also be heard at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Hardcore style growls are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording along with some of the riffing also bringing in more of a dissonant style and most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Clean playing can also b e heard in certain sections of the recording along with the songs also adding in touches of post hardcore and mathcore as well as the tracks also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, spoken word parts can also be heard at times. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover despair themes.
In my opinion Valve are a very decent sounding blackened sludge metal band with elements of post hardcore and mathcore and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Kabuki" and "Schism". 7 out of 10.
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