The reason why I first bought this CD was the fact that it was produced by Sami Raatikainen from Necrophagist, one of my favorite Technical Death Metal bands that I really miss by the way. I hoped to find some groundbreaking solos and leads on it with dark vocals and complex riffs, but it was totally different than I imagined it would be...
Starting with the cover art, a very tight and beautiful piece of art created by Matti Virtanen; You can see a huge cube or core that is bound with thin strings it seems that it would explode or break soon over a man that is holding the cord in the front and a misty grey landscape in the background. The cover is really fitting the music the guys are playing, and the artwork inside the CD is very cool too.
The music on this 2012' EP reminds me a lot on Samis' side-project called Radiance. If we would take the instrumentals of this Circle Of Contempt release and replace some vocal passages with clean vocals it could also be the new Radiance release. (Also check out Radiance if you don't know this project yet, it's worth it).
Don't get me wrong, it's not a problem because I love this style of music and also Samis' Radiance). The tracks are very groovy and djenti, very technical at some points and the keys and synths give the music beautiful melodies at some points too. I really love the keys on this release, they really melt with the other instruments together and create a very interesting and beautiful atmosphere during the whole 20 minutes.
The guitars are tuned low and play many chug riffs. They are recorded very tight and in a good quality and have a good sound. The bass can also be heared despite the fact that it is tuned very low as well. It gives the music a really majestic depth that will give you eargasms all day long.
Please do yourself a favor and listen to this EP with good earphones/boxes, not too quiet and in a good quality (320kbps). You will then hear the complexity of the songs especially the very diverse and complex drumming full of variations and the complex keyboarding . The drumming is the strenght of the album, it is tight and sounds fantastic/has a cool mix.
The songs are pretty well structured. They sound very diverse and you can't hear many repetitions. The songs all have a slow intro, synths that get louder and louder 'till the rest of the instruments come in. The songs have some really chaotic passages but all in all they are really tight and good written. All songs fit together and sound almost identic.
The powerful voice of the singer, really angry screams and growls are not something really special but they do complete the album and fit to the music. They make this album almost perfect.
The sound is nothing special, it is still generic djent but that's nothing bad 'cause I like it that way. "Entwine The Threads" can be compared with releases like "Earth" by Elitist or "Burning Sun" by Radiance, so fans of this music will also love this wonderful EP by Circle Of Contempt.
The EP is really really good mixed. Respect Sami! He made a masterpiece from these 5 really intense songs. I'm really looking forward to a further release and I'm hoping to see them live someday. Check out this EP, it may become one of your favorite djent releases! Cheers!
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