Artist: OF MICE & MEN
Album: ECHO (CD)

Release date: 03.12.2021
EAN/UPS: 4065629632328
Media type: CD

“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” Those famous words from Winston Churchill easily double as a declaration of intent for the essential metal, hard rock, and hardcore bands. At its best, the genre produces songs of escape, exorcism, and catharsis. And few bands demonstrate this ethos as powerfully as OF MICE & MEN, the multifaceted metalcore machine whose mission is to make the soundtrack for every heartbreak, melancholic rumination, and moment of triumph.

The band’s renowned spirit of determination, aggression, and musical excellence has never been more evident than on TIMELESS, the first of three EPs set for release in 2021, a sort of trilogy culminating in OF MICE & MEN’s seventh full-length album before the year’s end. Conceived in collaboration over platforms like Twitch and Zoom, in the midst of the pandemic, the California quartet’s new music is their most impressive and expansive, without sacrificing any heaviness. “Obsolete,” “Timeless,” and “Anchor” take a special place in the ever-evolving OM&M song canon.

It’s a potent and perfect storm of elements. A bombastic and uplifting roar familiar to fans of Linkin Park; a layered crunch akin to the Deftones; thrashing old school riffage a la Slayer and Exodus; the sensual atmosphere of Sade or Radiohead; swirled into a singular sound uniquely OM&M.

CD:

01. Timeless
02. Obsolete
03. Anchor
04. Levee
05. Bloom (Explicit)
06. Pulling Teeth
07. Mosaic
08. Fighting Gravity
09. Echo
10. Helplessly Hoping (Crosby Stills & Nash Cover)

LINE-UP:

Aaron Pauley | vocals, bass
Phil Manansala | guitar, backing vocals
Alan Ashby | guitar, backing vocals
Valentino Arteaga | drums, percussion