{"id":52213,"date":"2017-01-27T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=52213"},"modified":"2017-02-03T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:54:33","slug":"album-review-syron-vanes-chaos-from-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-syron-vanes-chaos-from-a-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRON VANES – Chaos From A Distance (2017) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYRON VANES
Chaos From A Distance<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMighty Music (2017)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Having fallen for this bunch of Swedish metallers back in the 80s with their 1984 Bringer Of Evil<\/em> opus, I\u2019ve always admired their ability to have survived ever since as a formidable pack of hungry metal hounds. Chaos From A Distance<\/em> is the sixth album from the quartet and fans will be pleased that it is another heavy slab of metal bringing with it bucket-loads of melody and attitude.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been four years since their last outing (2013\u2019s Evil Redux<\/em>) and I\u2019m pleased to say that this keeps up that high level of power and passion. Oddly, I now compare such stalwarts to Saxon, as they\u2019ve marched on through the decades and somehow become increasingly heavier by each release.<\/p>\n

Chaos From A Distance<\/em> brings in 13 tracks and runs a fraction short of an hour, so you\u2019re certainly getting your money\u2019s worth with this one. It begins with the juddering \u2018God Of War\u2019; a menacing lump of volatile metal suggesting a band that in its stubbornness has created a huge stone, impenetrable wall around its heart.<\/p>\n

Rimbert Vahlstr\u00f6m\u2019s vocals have always been top-notch, straight-down-the-line booms that rarely stray from their trajectory \u2013 only occasionally drifting with the melodies of Anders Hahne\u2019s guitar shudder. But this is extremely ballsy metal; catchy in its construction but ultimately in-your-face and seemingly timeless.<\/p>\n

Mats Bergentz\u2019s drums echo the thunder of war as the band drags us through its tirade which culminates almost an hour later with closer \u2018Sleepwalking\u2019. But in-between we get hammered by \u2018Crucified\u2019 with its chugging melody, then pulverised by the title track which hits like a juggernaut before delivering a killer melody, and then drowned in the slower presence of \u2018Trial By Spirit\u2019.<\/p>\n

Chaos From A Distance<\/em> is one of those albums that just can\u2019t deliver any filler; it\u2019s built like the most fearsome warrior where each track is represented by a weighty limb of flexing muscle \u2013 its dark heart pumped by the brooding \u2018Shape Of God\u2019, and then \u2018I Don\u2019t Wanna See You Die\u2019 with its robust thuds and energy.<\/p>\n

However, as showcased with the aforementioned title track, this beast isn\u2019t just about belligerence and so it may come as some surprise then to hear the harmonious climes of \u2018Saints On Fire\u2019 with, dare I say it, an AOR injection. But for those of you with panic in mind, do not fear because weight is restored with \u2018Master Of Overkill\u2019 and the molten \u2018Sleepwalking\u2019. <\/p>\n

I know that Syron Vanes can be accused of churning out records all too infrequently, but with Chaos From A Distance<\/em> they\u2019ve created an aural assault that should keep us going until the next fist to the face comes.<\/p>\n

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

SYRON VANESChaos From A Distance Mighty Music (2017)Rating: 8\/10 Having fallen for this bunch of Swedish metallers back in the 80s with their 1984 Bringer Of Evil opus, I\u2019ve always admired their ability to have survived ever since as a formidable pack of hungry metal hounds. Chaos From A Distance is the sixth album from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syron-vanes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52213","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=52213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52217,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52213\/revisions\/52217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}