Album Review: Monsterworks – Scale and Probability (Eat Lead and Die Music)

Monsterworks will release their sixteenth album, Scale and Probability via Eat Lead and Die Music on the 4th May 2018.

Frontman Jon says:

“While there is a growing movement towards dynamic metal production, it is still all too common for the music we love to be overcompressed to make it sound louder, known as ‘brickwalling’, crushing the natural dynamics and causing listener fatigue. My band may have even been guilty of it a bit in the past, but no more.

I urge you to demand the best sound quality from other bands and record labels. Full Dynamic Range or nothing (and not charging extra for it in an HD download). Not everyone can afford to record in great studios, but everyone can take the sensible decision not to ruin their own music during the mastering process in a futile attempt to fight and lose in the Loudness Wars….. and don’t even get me started on drums that sound like typewriters and guitar amp simulation software! This has been a public service announcement…. also please buy our album.”

A dynamic range across six tracks, Monsterworks’ softer approach to riffs mixed with blackened metal vocals and flashes of increased tempo makes for thrilling listen. There is no easy way to categorise this sound as it drifts through the whole wide spectrum of rock and metal.

The soaring brilliance of opener, The Great Silence is backed up by the equally as impressive Weight of Emptiness. The journey is one filled with punchy rhythm, glorious melody and ear-pleasing riffs. There is even a guitar solo dropped on occasion such as the one that comes in the final moments of Cosmic Deadly Probe.

A fascinating & unique listen.

Monsterworks – Scale and Probability Full Track Listing:

1. The Great Silence
2. Weight of Emptiness
3. Cosmic Deadly Probe
4. The Reveal
5. All Truths be True
6. Ockham’s Razor

You can order the album via Bandcamp and find out much more over on Facebook.