“The Benefits of Failure” was the first taste of new music from progressive metal outfit, Gifts from Enola, we sampled. Since then the band have released not one but two new tracks from their upcoming record, A Healthy Fear. The first of which is “Long Weakend”. The track opens up with swirling muted harmonic strums that give birth to serpentine riffs and a flurry of post-hardcore yells behind the music. The track eventually comes to a sludgy breakdown before ending with waves of melodic sound that crashes upon the listener’s shore with euphoric bliss. The second track that I stumbled upon is a track called “Cherry”(stream below). The track bursts into being with melodic yet heavy hitting post-hardcore inspired riffs and subtle clean vocals. “Cherry” then scales back to a gorgeous, post-rock like section that is complete soothing like Vick’s Vapor Rub before launching back into full fledged aural assault full of angular riffs. In short, the songs are awesome! A Healthy Fear will be released on November 13th through The Mylene Sheath. Pre-orders for the effort can be purchased at this location. Continue below for “Cherry” and the album’s track listing.
A Healthy Fear Track Listing:
- “Long Weakend”
- “Robespierre”
- “Cherry”
- “Honne/Tatemae”
- “The Benefits of Failure”
- “Jade”
- “Steady Diet”
- “Clawmarks”
-Lane Oliver
