Throwing Bricks are a band from the Netherlands that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of post black, sludge metal, hardcore and screamo and this is a review of their 2022 album "The Burden" which was released by Tartarus Records.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album along with some angry sounding hardcore style screams a few seconds alter which also mixes in t ouches of black metal at times. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Elements of sludge metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs at times while the music is mostly rooted in a post hardcore or screamo style. Clean playing can also be heard on some of the tracks along with some growls also being utilized quite a bit throughout the recording.
When t he music speeds up a decent amount of black metal style tremolo picking and blast beats can also introduced onto the album along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic post metal style when they finally are utilized and some of t he songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover loss, mental health issues and negative feelings.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Throwing Bricks and if you are a fan of post black, sludge metal, hardcore and screamo, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Bricks Of Grace" "Doubt" "Safta" and "Find My Way Out". 8 out of 10.
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