And my sense of curiosity did quite a good job again this time! Because Instil, ladies and gentlemen, is not one of those typical metalcore bands that are crawling out of the sewers every day nowadays. It’s a band that actually managed it to still wanna make me listen to this album after the third song. And no, it’s not an album that deserves to be certified gold, absolutely not! But I’m just telling you that we Dutchies could be proud of such a band. 

 

The music contains more than just the metalcore sound. There’s also chaos in it. Musical chaos that one can hear back with for example The Dillinger Escape Plan. And let’s be honest, I’m not making a comparison here, ‘cause DEP is way more chaotic! But I’m just trying to give you a bit of an impression of the more chaotic (drum)rhythms being created on this album.

 

Vocal wise, Instil is a pretty strong band as well. A raw throat is being used but it’s a throat with more than one sound. Higher metalcore screams, lower grunts and not unimportant: no clean vocals!

 

All in all this band convinced me of their skills with ‘Fire Reflects In Ashes’. Maybe the production could be a bit better next time, but then again: the way it is done on this album, makes it all a bit more rough, like this kind of metal is supposed to be in my opinion. If you’re into some nice, different and chaotic metalcore then you should give it a try!