Hailing from Bristol in the UK are melodic metallers Control The Storm. With an appearance at the UK's biggest metal festival, Bloodstock, under their belts and their new vocalist, Kate Norris, Control The Storm are set to take 2015 by... Well, storm. Beast Inside is set to be the second release for the Southwest-based six piece.
Days Of Days opens up the album with a crashing partnership of drums, keys and guitars before the hypnotic vocal melodies sail their way in on the raging seas of music. The keys and vocals glide ever so elegantly, side by side. Hysteric Silence keeps the thundering ferocity of the drums and graceful steps of the keys and vocals with a handsome combination of guitars and bass. The occasional scream allows the song a crepuscular dimension, that melds gently into the music.
The chorus of guitars skillfully begins the third track of the album: Believe, building up the tension before the action-filled riffs come crashing down like the executioner's axe. Kate's vocals shine out exceedingly on during in this song. No Chance At All is enticed forward by an alluring yet haunting dance played across the keys, leading the way for the tactful use of guitars and charming vocals. Falling has a gentler, more cautious sound that shows a dove-like dynamic to Control The Storm's cadence,depicting a landscape of emotion with music as the colours.
Nothing Hurts blasts forth like a combination of Nightwish and Rhapsody of Fire. However the energetic leap of vocals and driving licks soon change this, Although the song has a misty, sombre change of pace near the end. The celestial stepping of keys introduces the poignantly emotional track Stronger, which is another example of the band's talent, swaying from silky to heavy with each passing verse. Whereas False Eternity enjoys the comforts of an entirely stygian sound, summoned like an ethereal apparition by the bewitching musicianship.
Twisted Truth truly lets rip with an overbearing introduction of melodic guitar passages before sailing in safer waters with a darling combination of keys and vocals, though when the guitars return once more they are less melodic, allowing the keys to entrance with their medleys instead. The album comes to its final chapter with the title track, Beast Inside, a snarling maelstrom of experimental riffs, nuclear medleys and dangerous vocals. As the expression goes, "save the best for last" and that is certainly the case with this song.
Though a few aspects of the album feel stale and outdated, Beast Inside, is a breath of fresh air in a scene that has become so stagnant with bands trying to replicate the sound of the bigger acts. Control The Storm have forged their own individual sound which burns bright throughout this album.
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