
Unsinkable!
-- Marianas Rest --
23/03/2020
Stijn Daneels

Album genres:
■ | Melodic death metal |
■ | Melodic doom metal |
Album artists:
■ | Harri Sunila | Guitar |
■ | Nico Mänttäri | Guitar |
■ | Jaakko Mäntymaa | Vocals |
■ | Nico Heininen | Drums |
■ | Niko Lindman | Bass |
■ | Aapo Koivisto | Keyboards |
Review written by Glenn “Terra Shredder” Van Bockstaele.
Marianas Rest is a Finnish melodic doom/death metal band formed in 2013.
They debuted with the album “Horror Vacui” in 2016 and now they’ve released
their next album “Ruins” through the Finnish record label Inverse Records.
The release starts off with the 8-minute long “Kairos” and the highly
melodic style of Marianas Rest quickly becomes apparent with slow, atmospheric
melodies mixed up by furious death metal riffs, crisp bass and all narrated by
naturally sounding grunts. The second song on the album, “The Spiral” gets even
darker, with plenty of whispers, growls and screams and even more shrieking riffs.
“Hole in Nothing” adds much more ambient sound effects to the death/doom melody
mix and “The Defiant” features some of the most stunning guitar work on the
entire album!
“Unsinkable” features more snarly vocals backed up by the usual beats
and “Shadows” goes full on doom metal with ambient keyboard tunes further
increasing this song’s gloomy atmosphere. Then comes “Restitution,” a hybrid
track that features upbeat riffs, an epic middle part and a screaming, blast
beating finale. Finally the album ends with “Omega,” which has a ton of
lengthy, beautiful guitar solos which, along with the album’s typical melodic
doom/death traits wrap up this release perfectly.
Overall, Marianas Rest uses a great blend
between the powerful death metal and the atmospheric doom metal sounds. They’ve
created a very heavy and multi-layered sound with orchestral touches, flexible
vocals and the ambient sections give plenty of chances for you to rest and enjoy
this album’s complexity. Here’s “Restitution.”
80/100