2023-09-14 11:27:23
Molybaron – Something Ominous
Origin: France / Ireland
Release: 15.09.2023
Label: InsideOut Music
Duration: 01:07:35
Genre: Alternative Rock / Pro
It’s been a good two years now Molybaron with The Mutiny expanded the spectrum of the progressive metal scene with a very unique mix of alternative rock and progressive metal. The question now is whether it is the successor Something Omninous manage to maintain the set standards or even go one better?
On the new work, the singing once again sets its own accents. Gary Kelly has a very individual style. Of course the hooks are right again and the band once again manages this wandering between memorable heavy rock and complex progressive metal brilliantly. Where Molybaron generally difficult to squeeze into a specific genre. Highly melodic progressive metal with an edge perhaps best describes it.
Highly melodic balancing act
The opener and title track Something Ominousthat you HERE you can see in a video, confirms the hope that the new album will be of high quality The Mutiny can unlock. The following Setalight is definitely stadium-suitable for singing along.
With Billion Dollar Shakedown you sometimes approach the rap style like Rage Against The Machine. Of course, your own accents are set and this song also benefits enormously from the musical twists Molybaron stand out from other bands in the alternative rock scene. Lyrically busy Something Ominous especially with socially critical things, but also personal circumstances such as drug abuse and psychological problems. Be at this point Reality Show recommended that you HERE you can see in a video.
Playful, strict and straightforward
Molybaron present themselves on their new album as a band with several faces. The subtleties only become apparent upon closer and more frequent listening, such as to something more worn Daylight Dies In Darkness or in the polyrhythmically constructed Dead On Arrival, one of the best songs on the album. Show here Molybaronwhat complexities the musicians are capable of.
Of course, fans of hymn-like vocal lines also come along Something Ominous on your costs. Convince either way Molybaron as modern progressive metal, currently with their brothers in spirit Say are on tour and can definitely be used as a reference.
Conclusion
Placed with its predecessor Molybaron as an innovative progressive metal act and Something Ominous manages to maintain this height effortlessly. The record is playful yet straightforward and strict. 9 / 10
Line Up
Gary Kelly – vocals, guitar
Sebastian De Saint-Angel – Bass
Camille Greneron – drums
Florian Soum – Guitar
Tracklist
01. Something Ominous
02. Set Alight
03. Billion Dollar Shakedown
04. Breakdown
05. Anyway
06. Daylight Dies in Darkness
07. Dead on Arrival
08. Pendulum
09. Reality Show
10. Vampires
Links
Molybaron website
Also on Soundmagnet.eu
Album Review – Molybaron – The Mutiny
Interview – Harvest, asked by Witch N. and Noir
Editor’s recommendation – Ross The Boss – Legacy Of Blood, Fire & Steel
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