When Icarus Falls – Circles (2014)

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Building up on their excellent discography comprised of “Over The Frozen Seas“ and “Aegean”, When Icarus Falls delivers another gem with the EP “Circles”. Featuring three new tracks and a remix of “Nyx”, the band keeps pushing the limits of Post-Metal with their own forward thinking sound in this release. Filled with lush atmospheres and savage riffs, this band deserves a place right next to Neurosis thanks to their music.

The mood is instantly set with the suspenseful “Erechtion”, a track that perfectly dances around the aggression of Post-Metal and the dreaminess of Post-Rock. The band perfectly crafts a very intriguing atmosphere and the harsh lashings nicely contrast it. Keeping on this tradition, “The Great North” exploits subtle keyboards to further the band’s atmospheric component and create very well paced songs. Jumping back and forth between harsh and clean vocals, this track is quite elaborate and a very unique one.

Saving their best efforts for the punishing “Celestial Bodies”, the band manage to produce one of the best atmospheric pieces of Post-Metal we have heard in the last few years. The song greatly builds up, filled with brilliant melodic instrumentations and the power of the extreme vocals. It is quite unique to hear those two elements build up the level of tension in this track. Greatly surpassing bands like The Ocean, When Icarus Falls has managed to deliver a perfect song that greatly summarizes all their skills.

The release closes with the remix of “Nix”, a track that you can instantly tell is more raw and less complex than the first three. However, it is still quite a powerful song with a heavy wall of distorted guitars and a nice mellowing out closing. As a whole, “Circles” is the perfect continuation of “Aegean”. When Icarus Falls is clearly an excellent band with creative ideas and a very unique sound, we are even more excited for what is next from the band. So don’t be left out and pick up a copy of this killer release before it is too late.

Band: When Icarus Falls Album: Circles

Label: Self-Released

Release: February 4th, 2014

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Genre: Post-Metal

Country: Switzerland

Rating: 95/100
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