Friday, 7 April 2023

KOLLAPS\E

BandKOLLAPS\E
GenresPunk / Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal / Crust / Doom / Sludge
Related artists?.
CountryHelsingborg SWEDEN
Years Active2020-present
For fans ofIsis, AmenRa, The Monarch, Sarin, Ikaray, I Am A Curse, We Are Among Storms, R. Josef, and Eretia.
Label(s): Trepanation Recordings / Evil Noise Recordings / Clouded Mind Records

      It's not often I get an email nowadays with a band that lines up as nicely as KOLLAPS\E and their 2023 push for the seven-song behemoth known as 'Phantom Centre'. Stretching across post-hardcore and post-metal with some crust/doom/sludge injection, there's no way fans of Isis and AmenRa won't be eating this up. Chugs and discordant/evil riffs are ever present here, as are vocals dripping out of a cement mixer, but you've also got some well-placed serene parts like the mid-section in opener "Era" that is bookended by some excellent stop/start textbooks. All-in-all most tracks create a very intriguing journey that climax in glorious fashion. "Uhtceare" is the album's most gargantuan track as it both clocks in at 8:35 and hits like a slow-falling anvil. "Anaemia" will appease fans of AmenRa with it's brooding, dark, and hypnotic swing, while my personal favourite "Radiant//Static" leans heavy on the 'Oceanic'-era Isis. A truly fantastic debut album!

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DISCOGRAPHY

2023 - Phantom Centre cassette/cd LP (stream/buy here)

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(2023) KOLLAPS\E - "Radiant//Static" (from 'Phantom Centre')

(2023) KOLLAPS\E - "Beautiful Desolate" (from 'Phantom Centre')

(2023) KOLLAPS\E - "Era" (from 'Phantom Centre')

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KOLLAPS\E additional links

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