365 Days of Metal: Living on the Edge

Day 8

Sylosis - Edge of the Earth

Band Origin: Reading, England
Genre: Thrash Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Running Time: 72 minutes
Release Date: March 11, 2011

Best Part: Where the Sky Ends is an amazing instrumental interlude.

Favorite Tracks: Where the Sky Ends, Empyreal, A Serpents Tongue, and From the Edge of the Earth

Grade: 4

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Edge of the Earth in 20 words or less:

Bay Area Thrash gets heavier, more progressive and - British.

The Band:

Sylosis is a four member crew who through years of various lineup changes, exploded onto the scene with their debut album Conclusion of an Age in 2008. Sylosis' sounds bases itself off of old school thrash, particularly of the more technical nature and fuses it with death metal and more progressive elements. For a band that showed immense potential with the success of their debut album, the band can be described as nothing more than eager to break through even more with their sophomore release, Edge of the Earth, which moves the lever up a notch in the right direction.

As mentioned above, Sylosis' previous release is: Conclusion of an Age (2008)

Jay's Take on Edge of the Earth:

The first thing to note about Edge of the Earth is the change in vocalists, with lead guitarist Josh Middleton taking the reins after their former vocalist left the band. While Middleton's vocals don't have the measure of the full range found on Conclusion of an Age, his efforts are very solid - combined with his already excellent shredding skills. Edge of the Earth is a much more melodic and progressive sounding album compared to their debut, but it still holds strong to the core thrash metal elements that make Sylosis the band that they are. Where their debut album showed great talent and potential, Edge of the Earth delivers on that potential with a second performance that is without a doubt ingenious, genuine and impressive from start to finish. Length of records can be a real finicky point with some people - Edge of the Earth tearing it up at over 70 minutes long is somewhat of a rarity these days, but a welcome one, considering there really is no fluff in this album whatsoever.

Sample of the Day:

This album is so long and so awesome, I felt bad only leaving one sample. And since Where the Sky Ends is too good of an instrumental to pass up, I had to put a bonus track for today. Enjoy.





- J