{"id":106075,"date":"2026-05-08T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=106075"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:24:44","slug":"album-review-frozen-soul-no-place-of-warmth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-frozen-soul-no-place-of-warmth\/","title":{"rendered":"FROZEN SOUL – No Place Of Warmth (2026) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FROZEN SOUL
\nNo Place Of Warmth<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCentury Media (2026)<\/span>
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Still as chilly as ever, Fort Worth, Texas-based death metal combo Frozen Soul thaws out and issues a third full-length that once again channels a permafrost Bolt Thrower. Colossal riffs abound as each and every song operates like a snow bulldozer, grinding with heft amidst a blizzard barrage of tumultuous percussion and bass.<\/p>\n

In spite of the initial buzz caused by their debut album, Crypt Of Ice<\/em> (2021), Frozen Soul remains a somewhat understated act within the genre, a genre besieged by gory obsession and leaking slimy, sludgy ooze. Instead, Frozen Soul coats everything with ash; every instrumental vibration causes plumes of grey. \u2018Chaos Will Reign\u2019, with its dominant kick drum, churns and chugs with a steady arrogance and a lick of Bolt Thrower for good measure. Chad Green\u2019s vocals sound like scorching blasts from a flamethrower, melting black ice and leaving deep furrows in the cold ground.<\/p>\n

A majority of tracks offered are deep, gouging chromatic chug fests, and even Machine Head\u2019s Rob Flynn mucks in on \u2018Invoke War\u2019 \u2013 the most metal thing he\u2019s done for decades. \u2018Deathweaver\u2019 drips more chugs into the jug, the bass of Samantha Mobley is always a joy to experience as her strings shudder and quake. Again there\u2019s that Bolt Thrower vibe and yet the production is crystal clear, bringing to mind a feel of, say, Fear Factory. Mobley rules the roost again, this time on the punishing \u2018Dreadnought\u2019 (featuring Sanguisugabogg\u2019s Devin Swank), a heavyweight masterclass in skull crushing as the drums of Matt Dennard rain down like boulders.<\/p>\n

The axe team of Michael Munday and Chris Bonner is one of the most formidable in death metal, riff after pulverising riff cascades and rolls like an oily leviathan churning in an icy black lake. There\u2019s pace on \u2018Ethereal Dreams\u2019, the band kicking hard before the slower theme towards the last minute or so. \u2018Ethereal Dreams\u2019 showcases the successful shifting between faster, icier skips and slower, suffocating menace which makes itself more evident on \u2018Eyes Of Despair\u2019.<\/p>\n

The production really is crystal clear, resulting in every instrument, particularly the drums, slamming into the ears. Whereas a lot of new, but old school sounding death metal bands opt for a swampy atmosphere and tone, Frozen Soul seeks clarity and precision while still managing to deliver pummelling cold snaps. \u2018Frost Forged\u2019 is another chunk of devastating slogging, Green\u2019s coughs just burying themselves deeper into the frozen ash as the riffs turn and grind.<\/p>\n

No Place Of Warmth<\/em> is one of the heaviest albums you\u2019ll hear this year, and by the time you\u2019ve given it a spin you\u2019ll be drinking De-Icer to prevent frost bite of the organs.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROZEN SOUL No Place Of Warmth Century Media (2026) Rating: 8.5\/10 Still as chilly as ever, Fort Worth, Texas-based death metal combo Frozen Soul thaws out and issues a third full-length that once again channels a permafrost Bolt Thrower. Colossal riffs abound as each and every song operates like a snow bulldozer, grinding with heft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-frozen-soul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106076,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106075\/revisions\/106076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}