What have I found here
Deep in this wild wood
A place I’ve just now reached I
Never thought I ever could
Is this a time for me to celebrate
I must move on, I cannot wait
Upward I still must go,
I’ll dig in hard and make it so
What is this now
My feet are moving but
I’m going nowhere on this ground
My struggling wrought amiss,
A desperate thing this is
What I once thought I saw is
Shrouded now in silver mist
(unintelligible gurgling and shrieking)
The sights before my eyes have changed
The ounces of relief I’d found have gone away
It's all replaced with fear and pain
I’m choking like I can’t believe
Someone save me set me free
Dark and swirling smoky Hell,
It comes around me as it cracks and swells
Tragedy tackles me limits perceptions
Clears my reservations
Calamity handed me cards I could not play
Now the Forest has its way (come have your way)
The songs are masterfully composed and flow together beautifully, and the orchestration is exactly how I want metal orchestration to sound: full, playable by a real orchestra, and just as important to the music as the vocals, drums, guitar, and bass are. tonycordeshimself
I don’t usually go out much for metalcore/deathcore but this album would easily make my shortlist. Emotionally captivating with great storytelling and an overall solid musical performance. 7/10 RJ
VOLA have a super approachable way of putting together djent and progressive music. Every song on this album is simply said just flat out excellent. Has the feeling of one of those releases you just subconsciously keep coming back to. My album of the year from 2021. I would recommend this to anyone regardless of their musical tastes. 9/10 RJ
Parisian metal band up the ante on their avant-prog, pitting nasty death-metal riffs and blast beats against tenor sax and accordion. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 23, 2025
Another BC better late than never discovery.
Energetic, roaming riffs, bass for days, hyperactive drumming, good vocals, it's all here.
On repeat for 2 days now, wouldn't be surprised if it stayed on it for 2 more. FuegoMyEggo