[4/5] Sweden's Burst have suffered from a disproportionate amount of press approval to worldwide recognition: Seriously, just try to find a bad review of these guys in the metal press--and then try to find their two previous albums. But with Origo--a blistering epic, complete with keyboards, acoustic passages and female backing vocals in tow--Burst sound ready to, well, burst out of obscurity and into the genre-shattering realm of fellow post-metal masters Isis, Neurosis and Cult Of Luna. Though frontman Linus Jägerskog's shearing vocals are terminally locked on overdrive, the rest of Origo is a sweeping, time-shifting exploration of dynamics, moods and tonal color--and while "beautiful" isn't usually the sort of adjective we like to throw at a metal record, in this case, it's the rule, not the exception.
(RELAPSE) Aaron Burgess
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