
Slough of despair
-- Tensor --
24/11/2019
Stijn Daneels

Album genres:
■ | Death Metal |
■ | Thrash Metal |
■ | Progressive Metal |
Album artists:
■ | Jeroen D'Hauwers | Guitar |
■ | Kenny Molly | Vocals |
■ | Nicky Frissyn | Bass |
■ | Pieter Clerens | Guitar |
■ | Ruben Vranken | Drums |
Review
written by Nathalie Van Hecke.
Tensor is a
Belgian progressive death and thrash metal
band, in 2018 they released a two-track demo called “The Collector” and now
they’ve brought us their four-track debut EP, “Suicide Connection” and it’s an independent release.
The EP starts with “Beyond the Void” a nice
song with strong guitar riffs, growling vocals and galloping beats. The track
deals with the sense of emptiness and loneliness and the vocals have a natural sense
of despair to them. The EP’s next tune is my personal favorite on this release,
“The Gates of Madness” starts off with a kind
of relaxing guitar riff before the madness commences in the form of vicious
melodies, blasting drums and anger-filled singing. This song’s theme is a
continuation of “Beyond the Void,” wherein the narrator’s despair of his lonely
existence turns into pure rage. The EP’s remaining two songs, “Reflections” and
“Window over Winters Past” both follow a similar road and theme as the earlier tracks but
are longer and put more emphasis on Tensor’s progressive side. “Window over
Winters Past,” in particular has a lot of epic guitar work, especially during
its finale!
While the
EP could still use some more overall power and speed, I can tell you that Tensor’s first EP
will get your heart pounding! It’s a short, two-faced release that mixes the aggression
of death metal with the wizardry of progressive and if either of those two
subgenres suits your fancy, than you can’t go wrong with this EP! Here’s the
video for the EP’s single, “Window over Winters Past.”
Personal
rating: 3/5