{"id":10994,"date":"2018-02-16T01:51:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T01:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=10994"},"modified":"2018-02-16T01:51:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T01:51:16","slug":"inverted-serenity-as-spectres-wither","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2018\/02\/16\/inverted-serenity-as-spectres-wither\/","title":{"rendered":"Inverted Serenity :: As Spectres Wither"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10995\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/invert-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>by Chris Bryson<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inverted Serenity\u2019s third album,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Spectres Wither<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shows the band forward thinking, pushing their sound to larger and finer, more sinister and dynamic forms. Although the new album isn\u2019t a huge departure from the band\u2019s previous releases, it showcases their skill in composing songs that mesh technical flair and ferocity with finesse and melody, knowing the importance of contrasts and nuances when it comes to more extreme forms of music.<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like their previous albums, Inverted Serenity has retained and expanded upon their deranged grooves and technical prowess. The band plays tight, their sound waxing harder, faster, screams more wicked, stops, starts and slowdowns more seamless and serene. The fluidity of Inverted Serenity\u2019s music is guided and reinforced by the capabilities of progressive metal. With <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Spectres Wither<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they continue to meld their already diverse sound-thrash, prog, death-bleeding-into-vicious black, and because of the talent and dexterity of the band\u2019s members, the fusion is masterful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mechanical chainsaw riffs and galloping double kick drums that explode out of the intro to \u201cWe Who Wander\u201d sounds like it could have been taken from the burly groovebook of Gojira. \u201cParagon\u201d is devastating precision, like channelling explosives and gunfire through musical instruments, with rampant beats and howling vocals that are as physically grabbing as they are cerebrally bent. The song swirls and squeals into shimmering guitar chords, slowdowns and build-ups; it\u2019s turbulence and mayhem alongside ragged and raging beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inverted Serenity\u2019s new album is awesome in all the ways that their styles of music stand out in their genres. The album finds beauty through intricate layers of technical brutality, caustic elegance, melodies and grooves that flow amongst the chaos, and a momentous, propelling force. From deadly riffs to searing solos to hurling grooves and back again. Each song is a vehement voyage through bold, roaring terrain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chris Bryson Inverted Serenity\u2019s third album,\u00a0As Spectres Wither, shows the band forward thinking, pushing their sound to larger and finer, more sinister and dynamic forms. Although the new album isn\u2019t a huge departure from the band\u2019s previous releases, it showcases their skill in composing songs that mesh technical flair and ferocity with finesse and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1192,607,1193,1194,1104],"class_list":["post-10994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-inverted","tag-metal","tag-serenity","tag-stylus","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10996,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994\/revisions\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}