Hardcore band Rosella, from Weston-Super-Mare, England have been linked to Bring Me The Horizon in style, but also claim to utilise their own unique sound and vocal techniques. This, their very first professional release was recorded at Anemic Studios, Bristol and is thought to be officially released by the end of the year. Rosella hope to tour the UK and Europe as much as possible after positive reactions from fans on Facebook.
The band have spent the last few months tweaking their debut single ‘Circles (Like Chains)’ has had an overwhelming response for a band with just over a thousand Facebook fans. It even earnt a slot in next month’s issue of FRONT magazine. ‘Circles (Like Chains)’ propels the listener into a world of light speed drumming and unhearable lyrics, immediately eradicating any hope of emotion through Rosella’s music. The fury and tempestuous noise illustrates the band’s influences from the likes of Architects, While She Sleeps, and especially Bring Me The Horizon. Love them or hate them, Bring Me The Horizon are one of the most successful metalcore bands on the planet, and Rosella clearly want to taste the same victory. However, a little individuality never went a miss.
‘Circles (Like Chains)’ is made up of vocals and instrumentalities that manage to be somewhat rhythmic, but don’t quite merge together. After two minutes of a track that sounds mind-numbingly similar throughout, a cooling comedown and gentle female vocal is a wonderful addition, ‘wrapped around my arms like chains...’. Yet when scream vocals are thrown in once again, the two do not fuse well.
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‘Wastelands’ is very well produced, with crackling sound effects and eerie piano riffs, but this is soon interrupted by the brutal bite of monotonous screaming, in a limp call and response format. Rosella have definitely gone overboard with repetition but for attempts to break up the track with sound effects and thrashing breakdowns, the band should be applauded.
Many bands struggle to draw the line between having their own individual sound, overusing that sound, or simply using the sound of another successful band. Rosella manage to blend the format of Bring Me The Horizon with their own tediously cyclic manner; not even eerie sound effects and gang vocals can provide much improvement for ‘For Better Or Worse’ specifically; particularly when the effects appear to have been taken from a Yamaha.
Despite a riff ridden, somewhat rhythmic end, Rosella’s debut release will be unappealing to many listeners, mainly those with the capacity to comprehend a beat. With no clean or powerful breakdowns or progressive elements, this EP has very little to boast.
1/5
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