Album
Type:
Full
Length
Date
Released:
June 30th
2015
Label:
Self
Released
The
Cycle - Track Listing:
1.Beneath The Earth
2.Circle of The Sky
3.Nothing Remains
4.Scapegoat
5.Light Fades
6.Host Body
7.Wolves
Bio:
No Trust is a
two-piece sludge/death metal band from the California bay area.
Band
Members:
Zach Guzman
Ben Guzman
Review:
No
Trust first came to my attention back in 2013 when I featured their
debut album. Now 18 months later the guys are back with their new
album - The Cycle. A progressive sludge/doom metal hybrid with
ferocious death based growls to match. If you're into the heavier and
primal side of Sludge Metal that Mastodon used to make back in the
day then No Trust is the band for you. Opening track - Beneath the
Earth - is dark and violent as they come in the Sludge Metal world as
the band offers no compromises with their bleak take on Progressive
Sludge Metal. The doom and gloom effect is laid on thick from the
very start as this album stays mean, nasty and moody throughout. The
riffs are pitch black though they have a clever use of hardcore beats
and breakdown riffs to impress you with.
Second
Track - Cycle Of The Sky - carries on the bleak atmospheric mood with
the music venturing firmly into Death Metal territory with the slight
hint of Sludge Metal kept in the background. The vocals whilst primal
and harsh are easy to understand so you can understand what the band
is angry about. No Trust style of music is not groundbreaking by any
means but they have some intriguing and inventive ideas that adds to
the overall dark theme of the album. Each song builds up the tension
before the band let fly with an epic blast of fast-paced riffs.
Tracks
such as Nothing Remains, Scapegoat and Host Body all bring their own
style of punishment to the table as No Trust venture between
Progressive Sludge and the more brutal Death Metal theatrics to give
this album an extra sense of urgency and deadly precision. No Trust
adds intriguing and creepy soundclips that only heightens the tension
lingering in the air. The album is a tad short at 30 mins or so but
it does its job in outlining what No Trust are all about. It could
have done with a few more songs though if you're looking for a quick
brutal fix within the Sludge/Death Metal field then you can't pass
this album by.
The
Cycle won't change your outlook on life but for an album that blends
Sludge, Doom and Death Metal so brutally and effortlessly; this album
is very hard to beat. The standout track has to be the final song -
Wolves - as No Trust manages to include strands of psychedelic metal
with traces of Thrash Metal to show you how creative they can
actually be. I feel that if No Trust carries on with this style of
music on their next album then these guys have the potential to
release something special indeed. Until then, The Cycle is a superb
and thought provoking album.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to the band for the promo. The Cycle will be available to buy from
June 30th 2015.
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