Shadow of Intent pull through with a really slick and ambitious collection of Deathcore tracks on 'Elegy'. Musically and production wise 'Elegy' sounds stellar, the band attempt to go for a sound that maintains the heavy and thunderous edge we expect in a Deathcore project but with the additional bits of symphonic instrumentation they set up an atmosphere and a sound that's massive, and that lends itself incredibly well to a majority of the tracks. Admittedly the vocals can be fairly ... read more
Shadow of Intent - Elegy
Genre: Deathcore
Country: US
Final Verdict: 70% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 12th / 68
Highlight: Where Millions Have Come to Die
Made me think of:
Whitechapel
Thy Art Is Murder
Erra
This album really shocked me. I looked at a list of stuff that had come out in the first few weeks of January, and picked this out. I had no idea it would’ve been this good. This is not your run of the mill deathcore album, Shadow of Intent experiments with symphonic elements all throughout this album which adds so much flavor to the already stellar instrumentals. The riffs on this album are absolutely relentless at times, and the way they flow together into the progression of some of the ... read more