They Say :- In the short time that Collision Process have been together, they’ve already begun to make waves around their West Midlands home and beyond. The band’s self-produced debut EP showcases their desire to create challenging yet accessible music within the metal genre, with a combination of ferocious riffs, solid grooves, progressive rhythms, and unusual song structures that are laced with infectious melodies.
In the immediate future, Collision Process aim to increase their growing reputation around the live circuit, promoting the EP along with their upcoming digital single ‘Emperors’. A more long-term goal is to amass enough support and experience to write and record their first full-length album as the band continues to grow.
We Say :- Progressive metal is one of those genre definitions that tell you very little about what you can actually expect from the music. This always leaves the door open for you to be pleasantly surprised, and the self titled debut E.P. from Collision Process came as just such a surprise…
The E.P. opens with Sleep Now Forever which has a neat blend of killer riffs, ferocious vocals and some tasty melodies. It’s immediately apparent that these guys have an impressive sound, although for me the balance between clean and shoutey vocals does seem a little off in this track. It’s certainly not bad but I feel that the clean backings don’t add anything much overall, especially when the ‘main’ vocals are so strong.
Second track Revelations has a different feel and here the clean and shoutey vocals compliment each other much better. I particularly like the classic thrash sound that the band drop in in places and the stylistic variations which give this an excellent progressive feel. It’s really good stuff and just made to be enjoyed from the pit.
Breaking Point then raises the stakes with a more thrash feel all round including some impressive bay-area style riffage which is always a good thing in my book.
There are more mellow moments here too, such as the intro to the E.P.’s closing track Divide. After a really neat slow melodic build up this one unleashes some killer hooks which, in overall feel if not detail, are reminiscent of Slipknot.
This is an excellent debut which promises a great deal for the future from Collision Process, and I am certainly looking forward to seeing what this band has to offer. Hopefully there’ll be a full length album in the not to distant future.
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