Bleeth – Harbinger
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Label: Seeing Red Records
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Genre: Doom, Sludge, Post-Metal.
FFO: Torche, Slomatics, Cult Of Luna.
Review By: Shawn Gibson
Three the hard way, Bleeth return with Harbinger on Seeing Red Records. This Miami threesome, Lauren Palma (guitar, vocals), Ryan Rivas (bass, vocals) and Juan Londono (drums) bring six tracks of sludge filled post-metal that will get your head banging and your fists pumping! Ryan Rivas lays down bass lines as thick as your mom’s thighs! Ryan’s corrosive vocal tone also pairs and complements Lauren Plama’s voice and singing perfectly. The guitar riffs are loaded with heavy rhythms and doomed atmospheric riffs. But there are times the guitar parts are spastic as with the drumming from Juan Londono, it breaks any monotony of the album and makes sure to snap you out of any lull you were in.
Opening track, Initiation, leads with a hazy intro that builds to a devastaing finish. I feel I am lost in this music and the end of the song pushes me further down this unpredictable journey, adding to already low visibility and violent jolts that come along and push me off the path. Skin Of Your Teeth further expands this feeling, almost like the haunted ride at a carnival that is dark, slow and then you are whipped around a corner at break-neck speeds, being scared or spooked by someone or something jumping out at you. Juan Londono keeps a solid feel on drums and makes sure you are still present and paying attention through the murky parts by blasting fast beats at you like rounds from a machine gun! This 3-piece from Miami are hard to categorize, but one thing’s for certain, Harbinger will completely mesmerize you. Bleeth has been making genre-bending, mind-altering music since 2014 and will hopefully keep making music for much, much longer. I’ll look forward to more releases that make us move without hesitation and be glad that there are bands like this that defy genres.
(5 / 5)
