Pyreship's Sharp-Toothed Post-Metal Casts Us Into a "Forest of Spears" (Early Track Stream)

Light is a Barrier feels almost impossibly vast: tinged with Americana flair and a sense of quiet despair, Houston-based Pyreship‘s second full-length record establishes a wide-open presence that evokes scenic vistas sprawling far out into the horizon. Their post-metal is certainly atmospheric, but crushing all the same. The band’s knack for catchy guitar hooks and balancing vocal segments with instrumental musings lays out a clear-cut path through the wilderness, and the songs leap from one perfectly-captured vignette to the next. Light is a Barrier‘s towering density is an impressive backdrop to a narrative that cuts close to the heart with no wasted effort. We’re premiering “Forest of Spears” today—check it out below.

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Though the riffs are huge, what makes “Forest of Spears” hit as hard as it does is everything else around them: from the tom drum grooves that trade off with crashing cymbals to the scraping pick-slide-ish buildups that accompany hoarse vocals and accentuate tension, and even the eerie radio-like sample that closes the track off. Pyreship gild their bombastic centerpieces with surprising variety, artfully turning what could just be a speaker stress test into an exploration awash in emotion.

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Light is a Barrier will release April 22nd independently via the band’s Bandcamp page.