Currents: Life // Lost
This is an album that came out at the start of last year, that I found out about through randomly trawling through random heavy songs on YouTube. From hearing it first I was instantly hooked and it became one of my favourite albums of this year. Currents are a young band from Connecticut, formed in 2009. Having already released two singles in 2012 and a debut EP, Victimised in 2013, this is their debut record. While they occupy an increasingly crowded subgenre of metalcore, the progressive/technical side, they still manage to stand out as one of the finest up and coming bands in that scene. Their sound combines the technical precision of bands like Veil Of Maya with the monstrous grooves of The Acacia Strain, all draped in the filthy, sinister atmosphere of bands like Barrier. The truly brilliant part of their style though, is how they can keep all this disparate elements balanced and craft songs that will be stuck in your head for days. So have they risen to the challenge that ...