At first I was curious what this would be like, but my expectations hit rock bottom when I saw the singer/guitarist. I don't know if his name indicates trans stuff or not, but he has a rather unfortunate Hot Topic goth appearance (for any German readers, he would look more at home in the pages of Zillo than in a good metal band).
Surprisingly, the music is not as bad as I feared, although it's not super interesting either. It's a sort of somewhat thrashy, upbeast modern metal, with occasional power metal influences in some of the galloping melodies, as well as some progressive metal touches. "Pneuma," the best song, is a decent thrasher, but unfortunately it's the only time they fully commit to thrash. There are also a couple of flirtations with more extreme metal, like on "Ethical Knockout" and "Hole in the Sky." The vocals aren't the worst I've ever heard, but they're inconsistent and often come off as whiny and amateurish.
In a way this exceeded my expectations, since they don't deviate from metal or incorporate any outside influences. But there's nothing interesting or showing potential here to me either, so I'm unlikely to revisit it.
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