▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Dissentience ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Mask of Pretense █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2018 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-06-14 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Self Released ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Since its origins in the 80s, thrash has undergone █ █ quite the revitalization, melding with other metal █ █ sub-genres to become a beast quite unlike the one █ █ in its heyday. That said, the sheer number of █ █ bands attempting to emulate successes has also █ █ watered the scene down, creating uninspiring █ █ carbon copy acts. ItÆs remarkable, then, that a █ █ young band from Pennsylvania named Dissentience █ █ can make the genre sound fresh in 2018, with a █ █ style that already screams æsignatureÆ on their █ █ dΘbut EP. █ █ █ █ From the opening moments of ôManiacö, Dissentience █ █ make their statement clear û to twist thrashÆs █ █ hungry intensity in a progressive direction. █ █ Selecting flavors from black and death metal, each █ █ moment feels hand-crafted for maximum impact and █ █ memorability. There is also a melodic thread that █ █ runs through proceedings, carried ably by Jimmy █ █ Vitale and Connor ValentinÆs guitar work, while █ █ the latter screams his throat hoarse about █ █ societal woes and moral quandaries û in some ways █ █ recalling the great Chuck Schuldiner. While the █ █ bandÆs influences are detectable, itÆs more akin █ █ to carrying the torch further than running behind █ █ in their shadows. █ █ █ █ As the EP unfolds, each memberÆs talents is █ █ brought to the fore û whether the relentless █ █ drumming of Nick Scherden on ôDisinterö or Sean █ █ LangerÆs furious bass lines on ôSynapse █ █ Corruptionö that underpin the frantic yet █ █ empowering riffs and solos. Every one of the five █ █ songs has something to write home about, and by █ █ the time Mask of Pretense comes to a close, the 22 █ █ minutes feel like an eye-blink. ItÆs rare that a █ █ band lands fully formed and meaning business, but █ █ Dissentience are that rare case █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Maniac 3:44 ░ ░ 2. Chasing Existence 4:52 ░ ░ 3. Tombstone Currency 4:55 ░ ░ 4. Disinter 5:50 ░ ░ 5. Synapse Corruption 2:59 ░ ░ 22:20 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░