Baltimore-Washington metal duo INTENTIONAL TRAINWRECK are back causing beautifully organised chaos with their brand-new single โLight The Way Upโ โ and this one arrives swinging.
Following the momentum generated by their second full-length album Smokestack of Souls, the two-piece have returned with a track that throws progressive metal, mathcore madness and full-throttle aggression into the same blender, hits the button marked DESTROY, and somehow comes out sounding absolutely massive. ๐ค๐ฅ
๐ฅ Progressive Metal With Teeth
โLight The Way Upโ doesnโt sound particularly interested in staying inside one neat little genre box.
Rooted in progressive metal and mathcore, the track twists together technical riffing, unpredictable structures and a seriously aggressive edge.
Fans of bands including Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Car Bomb should find plenty here to get stuck into โ especially if your idea of a relaxing evening involves riffs that sound capable of folding a building in half. ๐
For a two-piece, Intentional Trainwreck certainly arenโt lacking in weight.
This is dense, frantic and confrontational music with enough musical curveballs to keep prog heads happy while still carrying the sort of impact thatโll have metalheads reaching instinctively for the nearest invisible pit.
โ โLight The Way Upโ Is A Protest Anthem
Behind all that musical carnage sits a message.
Intentional Trainwreck describe โLight The Way Upโ as a protest anthem against unjust oppression, deliberately leaving the exact interpretation open to whoever is listening.
That openness gives the track some proper bite.
Rather than pointing listeners towards one specific cause, the song channels frustration, resistance and the urge to stand against injustice wherever it appears.
The message might be broad, but the aggression certainly isnโt subtle.
This is music built around confrontation, momentum and action โ the musical equivalent of kicking open the door and asking exactly what the hell is going on. ๐ฅโ
๐ Another Chapter For Intentional Trainwreck
Coming after Smokestack of Souls, โLight The Way Upโ feels like Intentional Trainwreck pushing forward rather than simply repeating what worked before.
Thereโs technical ambition.
Thereโs righteous anger.
There are riffs coming at you from several directions at once.
Basically, everything youโd want from a band carrying the name Intentional Trainwreck. ๐๐ค
If progressive heaviness, mathcore insanity and politically charged aggression are your particular flavour of musical punishment, get this one on your radar.
INTENTIONAL TRAINWRECK โ โLight The Way Upโ is out now.
๐๐ฅ Turn it up.
โ Question everything.
๐ค And embrace the trainwreck.
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