Isn’t it great when a band graft and graft, getting incrementally better with each release, building a fanbase from nothing that gets that little bit bigger and little bit more committed as each album cycle come around? It’s not just great; it’s extremely rare in the modern era. It used to happen on a regular basis - see everyone from Meshuggah and Devin Townsend to Gojira. If you’re something of a traditionalist, this is an idea that represents doing it “the right way”.
Well, for any traditionalists out there, Orbit Culture are definitely doing it the right way. The Swedes’ fifth full-length may not come with an overload of hype and wild claims made on its behalf, but Death Above Life will undoubtedly see them ascend more than a few rungs on the heavy metal ladder.
