Opening with a few seconds of jazz on keyboards, bursting into a steroid-induced twin-harmony intro, mellowing out for the first verse then blowing your mind with a huge chorus with bending electro overlay. The opening track ‘ Cast Your Shell‘ does just that in proving what Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas are actually worth. The songs are totally erratic in style, yet they all have identifiable elements that don’t make them a sloppy mess as one would expect. It’s actually very hard for me to comprehend how this band write their music which is generally the basis of what impresses me about them. Adventurous metalheads, this one is for you! Let’s review ‘ Feeling of Unity‘… I have actually very much enjoyed this band given the previous releases of ‘ All That We Have Now‘ and ‘ Phase 2‘ have been stellar in terms of musicianship albeit unconventional metal – and of course I have received numerous headshakes of disapproval from metal purists over liking this band. Of course the vocals are a point of controversy being layered with brutal screams from one vocalist, and auto-tuned wailing from the other, though it definitely gives the music flair! One minute you’ll hear a danceable mid-tempo chorus covered in electro-flurries, and the next a super speed twin-harmony attack.

Their sound is based on a electronicore idea that takes the whole concept to an extremely technical level, adding rave music with metalcore harmonies and brutal riffing, more often than not played at the speed of light with absolutely no song structure whatsoever.

If you haven’t heard them before, they are basically Enter Shikari on a cocktail of steroids, meth and acid. These Japanese rave metallers have been making quite the name for themselves…perhaps it’s because their musical approach is absolutely bat-shit crazy – but they have produced some stunning tracks in their few years of existence! We review their brand new album ‘ Feeling of Unity‘.ģ0th September 2015įear, and Loathing in Las Vegas are one of those bands that you will love with a flaming passion or absolutely despise.

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