![]() As we can see that our team has mentioned into the comment that they have matched the nearest PMS 7689 C. Upon checking the order details, our design team has sent you the artwork proof with comment. Now we've entered the pit.Hi Kristel, we are sorry to note your disappointment with the product received and apologize that our service does not meet your expectations. Definitely check it out but remember: we're not in the tormenting labyrinth from Hellraiser anymore. They've taken much heavier cues from the Celtic Frost library with this release (especially, again, Monotheist). Thick on melody and drone, but still punchy and heavy. It's their darkest record yet and certainly their most gothic. It's an album old fans will have to warm up to and new fans might find disarming. Greying is a great album and it's nice to know The Banner didn't call it quits. From “Sunlight” to “Send Me Down” you'll notice the album drones, fires a full clip, and then falls back into the drone, leaving the listener somewhere in between the kill and calm modes. And if you get the sensation that things are a little schizophrenic, they are. The Banner's choice with slowing things down feels more like it chops the album into sections which messes with the flow. ![]() I love it when bands mess with listeners (see: Old Man Gloom and the entire discography of Throbbing Gristle). A lot of people are going to find their expectations shattered and I'm totally pro for that. The bridge of “Circle of Salt” is friggin' awesome as is the intro of “A Quiet Corner.”Īs much as I love Greying I'll be the first to admit it's not perfect. The band has even opted for more blast beats this time around. Full proof that if The Banner wanted to write Frailty part two, they could. The savage stabs of tracks like “Crippling Despair” or “Unbaptized” (which actually sounds like a slice off Frailty) are full throttle killers. When Greying is exploding though, holy shit it is monstrous. Other tracks like “Send Me Down” or “Sunlight” bring the calm and drone. ![]() At times he also sounds like he's trying to emit a black metal vibe. Some complain about it, I argue it helps with the mood of the record. With the opener “The Dying of the Light” The Banner immediately submerge the listener in a tar black mood. ![]() Though still horrified by its discoveries.Įach Breath Haunted had instances of drone and moody darkness such as “Sovereign of the Black Pit” or “Hell on a Horse.” Greying fully recognizes that and pushes the new vistas down it. Less willing to struggle and more apt to give in and venture forth into that darkness. Where Frailty had a struggle to it, Greying is more accepting. On one hand the album is seems largely cathartic, even accepting. From song titles to sounds the album broods and bleeds more than it melts the faces of its listeners. The layers are darker, the themes are more bleak. Like Celtic Frost's Monotheist, this album is way more fixated on mood. If you were expecting more of that with Greying, you're not getting it. The Banner have had varied sound and Frailty was a real surprise for a lot of us since it was seeped in metal more than previous albums and clocked you over the head with a lead pipe. So what's the deal with Greying? Probably a lot of it is, it's not what fans would have come to expect. It was gothic, haunting and heavier than hell. That intro track “Welcome, Fuckers”? Perfect. The sound was crushing, the lyrics were tortured and was my favorite thing to come out that year. However, their second full-length Each Breath Haunted saw the band moving in a darker, more aggressive direction with more leads, hooks and greatly improved song writing. ![]() With that and Your Murder Mixtape they fit well with sound modern hardcore was so pointedly focused on. Their debut EP Posthumous set the stage for a sound that fixated itself more on the breakdown, heavier sounds. The goth/hardcore-punk/metal tyrants bolstered a heavy fixation on horror themes, depression, violence, and frustration. Those that grew up in the early 2000s probably already know who The Banner is. ![]()
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