ENFOLD DARKNESS JOIN THE GROWING RANKS OF SUMERIANCORE
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 3:31pm by Vince Neilstein
Sumerian Records are the “it” label of 2009; those dudes are seriously killing it over there. Seeing the headline “<insert band name here> sign to Sumerian Records” in my RSS reader is always worthy of a click, because at this point you’re sure to get a quality listen. And their model for success is as forward thinking as the music of the bands they sign: capitalize on a burgeoning progressive death metal scene (Sumeriancore. Can we please get everyone to start using this term?) by tying bands into a business model based around a booking agency and package tours rather than selling records. Touring = Win, Selling Records = Fail. Brilliant! How come no one thought of this before? We’re scratching our heads. We’re not the only ones taking notice, either: read what Psyopus’ Chris Arp had to say about Sumerian Records when I interviewed him last month.
Anyway, meet Enfold Darkness, the latest additions to the A-Grade (except one band) Sumerian roster. Enfold Darkness take the trademark Sumeriancore proggy/techy/deathy sound and add their own blacky touch. It’s good. They got the chops. They got the songs. What else do you need? Check ‘em out on MySpace.
Enfold Darkness will release their Sumerian debut Our Cursed Rapture sometime this year. Stay tuned.
-VN
What else do you need? How about a fucking personality? Sumerian bands are faceless, no pun intended, and shit like this is only further watering down the scene. Sumeriancore = Genericore = Mediocore
Clearly you guys have never heard Agraceful: generic screamo all the way.
Agraceful sucks. The only good parts are when no words are spoken.
And that band I See Stars. More of that screamo pop bullshit with pitch correction
im starting a facebook group for sumeriencore later ill have a link in a few hours
is that a picture of soundgarden?
Is the lead singer also the leader of the Alarm Clock?
Seeing how I like some of the other sumeriancore bands I will check these guys out later…
I’m not a big fan of this Sumeriancore tag. Really. You’ve described the bands as proggy/techy/death metal. Where is the -core in that? If it was proggy/techy hardcore, maybe it would make sense.
How about Sumerimetal.
I’m not really a fan of the only Sumerian bands I’ve heard anyway. (BoO, Veil of Maya and the Faceless)
You forgot this band http://www.myspace.com/iseestarsmusic in Summerian bands that suck.
But i totally agree, for the most part, if a band is signed to Summerian, it’s almost a guaranteed good listen. Although doesn’t Summerian already have a BDM clone?
Meh… I don’t really dig the higher-pitched screaming.
I like Sumerian bands for the most part. This band I like more than most though.
Sounds like fucking cradle of filth.
Sorry, nothing special. Pretty generic stuff.
Generic yes but listen to thier lyrics… truth is spoken
Sumerian Death sounds better. There’s isn’t really anything “core” about their music.
There are better songs on the album than the one they posted… Have patience.
errrrrrr
yea im drunk
Sumeriancore is sikk, but in general i say it sounds more like how 50’s robots sounded, except heavily distorted. ROBO-CORE