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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Fires in the Distance, Air Not Meant for Us (2023)

 

By Jack Rafferty


Absolutely stellar melodic death metal. As far as I am concerned, most melodic death metal lives and dies by the melodies themselves, the emotion behind them. The rest is all important, but if it doesn’t have that core, it falls flat. Fires in the Distance is a band I was not familiar to prior to this release. I am excited to go check out their debut after this, because Air Not Meant for Us is just great. There are so many wonderful, soaring moments on this record. The guitar tone is especially noteworthy, as there is clarity, yet depth, to it. The mix is done really well, with each instrument, synth note, vocal passage, etc. having ample breathing room without feeling distant from one another. But the melodies here, especially the guitar riff melodies, really standout from a lot that I have heard from the genre recently. 


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