DANISH HARDCORE CREW UNLEASH A COLD AND BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE SENSES
EIGHT YEARS
into their career, Denmark’s premier exponent of crushing, sludgy
hardcore, The Psyke Project have turned in a concept record inspired by
their homeland. Dull as it sound in theory, the aptly-titled Dead Storm
takes you on a front row audio sensory thrill ride, evoking
Scandinavian landscape, weather and culture in all its extremities. The
music pivots on a quiet/load/really bloody loud formula that might not
exactly push any boundaries, but unlike many of their peers, they’ve
lovingly crafted every riff, every eerie interlude, so that there is
pacing mood and a story worth telling.
DAVID MCLAUGHLIN, KERRANG MAGAZINE
”Dead Storm”
is an absolute beast of a record, all earth-shuddering low-end,
gleaming muscular riffage and appendix-bursting screams. Its 10 track,
while rarely straightforward, are far from impenetrable, and whether
they’re evoking the dirge-laden fury of Will Haven or the monolithic
power of early Isis, the band succeed in forcing their message home
with steel foucs and lethal precision.
MIKE KEMP, ROCKSOUND MAGAZINE
”In fact we're going to be bold and claim that
Neurosis themselves haven't sounded this precariously balanced on a
psycho-emotional tripwire for years.”
METALHAMMER UK
"Die Produktion ist druckvolles
Studio-Fredman-Material, aber so schmutzig, wie es nötig war, die Songs
bringen ihre tonnenschweren Grooves und berstenden Attacken auf den
Punkt, ohne das leicht irritierende Gefühl von Chaos und
Unberechenbarkeit zu verlieren. Ich gebe offen zu, dass ich The Psyke
Project bisher nie als echt Große auf dem Schirm hatte - mit diesem
Album hat sich das schlagartig geändert."
Robert Müller, METALHAMMER GERMANY