ELITE:REVIEW
Employed To Serve - The Warmth of a Dying Sun
Holy Roar Records | Release Date: 19th May 2017 Miss May I - Shadows Inside
Sharptone Records | Release Date: 2nd June 2017
When ‘The Warmth Of A Dying Sun’ hits your
eardrums it makes them bleed. Heavy as fuck,
Employed To Serve bring us 10 tracks of pure fire and
it won’t just burn you, it will char you to your core. Ohio based metalcore unit Miss May I return with their
sixth full length release in Shadows Inside. The band have
shown plenty of potential over the last few years with recent
albums Deathless and Rise of the Lion enjoying moderate
success. However the band haven’t had that one record that
could elevate them to the next level and see them finally
ditch their support slots and become a bonafide headliner
and force to be reckoned with in the metal world.
For a band still very much in the infancy of their fame,
Employed To Serve are stepping things up a notch and
proving they can breakdown and riff with the biggest
names in the game. From the swinging blasts of ‘Void
Ambition’ right through to the closing melodies of
‘Apple Tree’, this album is wall-to-wall beautiful chaos.
‘Good For Nothing’ is huge, but the likes of ‘Platform
89’ and ‘Half Life’ is where you’ve got real noise that
could make even the toughest of men piss their pants.
‘Lethargy’ lulls you into a false sense of security only to
hit you right in the guts after 1 minute, and ‘Church Of
Mirrors’ destroys any cell you have left in your body.
Employed To Serve have created a stampede with this
record, and as irony has it, this destructive collection of
songs will only build them a higher pedestal to sit on.
‘The Warmth Of A Dying Sun’ isn’t for the faint-
hearted. It is meaty, aggressive and it is alluring in the
most brutal of senses. Employed To Serve are ones
to watch, invest in them now and witness something
special.
Words by Alice Hoddinott
The title track opens up the record and see’s the band take
off in blistering fashion to really grab the attention of the
listener right from the get go. Clean vocalist and bassist
Ryan Neff uses his range to terrific effect with his ear for
melody and hooks really propelling some of these songs in
quality. Neff takes the man of the match award on Shadows
Inside as he make this album a lot more interesting than it
actually is. A lot of the pace and energy has been taken out
of the songs as it never really gets going, it could be down
to the tra