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    Feb 04, 2020 5 minutes

    Cycle Of Suffering

    NUCLEAR BLAST The shredding from Reading return to their thrashier side

    THE 11 YEARS since the release of their stellar debut album, Conclusion Of An Age, have been a bit of a mixed bag for Sylosis. Injecting 12,000 volts of death metal and Bay Area-inspired thrash into UK metal in 2008, things were accelerating fast for the five-piece until, for better or worse, the departure of vocalist Jamie Graham arguably altered the DNA of the band forever. Despite guitarist Josh Middleton stepping up in a big way, taking on vocal duties while infusing darker, heavier elements into their pulverising sound, a spark was missing that still resonates with some longtime fans to this day.

    Though maintaining a respectable career and a dedicated fanbase, that fandom would be tested further as the band, the fans’ patience has been rewarded with album number five, .

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