it is already four years since unearth released their last and very good record "watchers of rule" (wow, really?) and here we are with their newest opus going by the name "extinction(s)". it seems like this american powerhouse is stuck in the year 2004 forever. and you know what? that is just the right thing. when i dropped the needle on "extinction(s)" for the first time, i sat in awe as to how relevant this musical style can still sound in 2018.
there is a lot of reminisence of their classic "the oncoming storm" but still i do not get bored with every new album because the unearth guys simply know how to write great metalcore songs. "extinction(s)" bursts with energy, dynamic, precision and heaviness. those sweet overtunes in "incinerate" alone. i bought this record without listening to any song before, confident in unearth not going to let me down and the album pays back in equal measures.
i pre-ordered my copy at nuclear blast, even though i could have ordered the version limited to 100 copies from century media directly. i did so firstly because i had the chance to order a few more records from nb in one go and secondly because this lesser limited version looks so sweet. semi-translucent orange vinyl out of 200 copies as the perfect match to the artwork. seventh full length and this time completely released via century media. 2018.
