VEHEMENCE Forward Without Motion [CD]

Death metal fans around the smoldering globe bow in exultation as the return of Phoenix death metal battalion VEHEMENCE becomes a reality, through the release of their long-awaited album, Forward Without Motion. The resurrected outfit’s first new recording since their Metal Blade released Helping The World To See, VEHEMENCE not only closes a nearly twelve-year rift between releases in 2015, with Forward Without Motion the band comes storming forth with a searing and vengeful contemporary melodic death metal classic. Honest, organic, expansive and epic, the album stays true to the band’s roots, but also shows a band hardened with age and seething with venomous energy while retaining their blazing leads and melodic aspects with more professionally crafted and delivered output than ever and nearly an hour of brand new material. The alignment of these traits truly makes Forward Without Motion stand completely apart from legions of soulless, mechanically engineered studio recordings of today’s climate. Digipak CD packaging. [Battleground Records]