For Fans Of: Cradle Of Filth, All Shall Perish.
Dead Letter Opener are Brisbane’s and Australia’s answer to progressive metal. They are a band of many talents that vary from thrash metal, black metal, experimental and instrumental tunes. Recently they released their debut album ‘Lumen’.
Vocalist Mick Millard is a multi-talented individual. Armed with the skills to play bass, scream, sing, play keyboards and as well as doing the samples and string arrangements. Add the shredding skills of Chris Lait and the damaging drumming of Richie Young and it adds to be one hell of a band. So what are you waiting for?
As soon as you push play Dead Letter Opener begin their onslaught on your mind. ‘Light Of Day’ starts off as a typical thrash metal song but then takes a right turn into their progressive side of playing. Having supported none other than Cradle Of Filth, you know its only a matter of time before hell arrives….or in this case track 2, ‘Till Death Arrives’. This song as well as ‘Brutal Vengeance’ shows how dark and haunting Dead Letter Opener like their black metal music. ‘Anger Management’ is the song that really shows off their diversity. Starting off with a soft acoustic guitar before soon taking you on a ride that involves loud , angry, screaming to soft singing with some fast keyboard playing that adds a nice touch to an already great song. You then are lucky enough to experience two instrumental tracks, ‘Reflect’ being the softer one and ‘Refract’ being the heavier one. During those two songs you will find yourself lost in a deep trance of purity. After everything you have already heard you don’t expect much more surprises. Well then you stumble upon ‘Jetstream’. While listening to this track picture yourself watching an action movie right at the part when the good guy has had all he can take and is on his way to get his revenge. ‘Jetstream’ fits that description perfectly. The remaining two tracks take you straight back to where you started your listening journey….heavy and fast.
To choose a person that best fits Dead Letter Opener, that choice would be notorious serial killer Michael Myers. Dark, brutal, insane, complex and over all killer. Their debut album ‘Lumen’ is a must for any progressive fans, metal fans, black metal fans, thrash fans and pretty much anyone else who likes skilled heavy music. The skill and diversity this band has is rare to say the least. Dead Letter Opener are a massive addition to Australia’s vast music scene.
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