Burst

Origo

[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