Bloody Falls sign their third album.
A year after their last EP, the band comprising Antero Hakala (vocals), Stavros Mathios (guitar), Marko Mäkinen (guitar), Mika Lehtinen (bass) and Rami Vartiainen (drums) unveil Amartia, released by Art Gates Records.
The band opens with Sorrow Is My Name, an energetic first track developing groovy riffs and aggressive vocal parts, immediately creating a catchy mix that encourages us to shake our skulls. The track is fairly short, and quickly gives way to I Will Be Your End, a livelier composition that also incorporates some more majestic passages thanks to ominous keyboards, but which remains on its sharp roots thanks to Thrash influences. Dark melodies return on The Way Of Sin in the company of impressive vocal parts and some clean backing vocals, but the jerky approach still anchors it in raw violence, eventually letting it disappear to make way for Man Undying, which begins with a mysterious introduction before exploding. The composition is rather slow, with a few heavy leads to kick-start the acceleration towards the final chorus which finally takes us to Evil Incarnate and its quite melodic but rather eerie introduction. Screams appear, signaling the end of gentleness, but the track remains fairly calm before the rhythmic takes over again, blending the two worlds before Curse Of The Mark is tinged with threatening Black/Death elements to create a heavier atmosphere. Harmonics still make their way to the surface to add their piercing touch, then the sound gets heavier again with I Didn’t Meet My Death and its melancholy tones, which become more dissonant as the track moves further into the darkness, before becoming more epic again for I Met My Death, a direct and logical follow-up to the previous track, which proves much more accessible and unifying, welcoming us with motivating backing vocals before kicking the machine back into full gear.
Barely a year after their last production, Bloody Falls show their progress with a solid rhythmic album that draws its influences from both melodic Death and groovy Thrash. Amartia promises to break necks at every turn!
85/100