CURRENTS

The Way It Ends SHARPTONE

Melodic metallers unleash the accessible side of anger

These Connecticut bruisers’ second album snaps at the blistering heels of their

2017 debut, The Place I Feel. Boasting stronger songwriting and some mainstream-bothering choruses, Currents’ fusion of metalcore, post-hardcore and punk dissonance has never sounded as potent. The disquieting ambience of the intro sets the tone before a nihilistic salvo of

A Flag To Wave and Poverty Of Self blows the door off its hinges via an onslaught of frenzied blastbeats and anguished bellowing. The tangle of rage and beauty of

Let Me Leave is immediately addictive, while Origin and

Split’s electronica-laden melodic aggression brings to mind Architects at their most anthemic. The Way It Ends is an uncompromising yet instantly accessible call to arms. ■■■■■■■■■■

FOR FANS OF: Polaris, Make Them Suffer, Architects SOPHIE MAUGHAN