French post-core that combines various music genres. Sounds interesting!
The accompanying text to the album "Le point de non-retour" features pop, rock, electro, hip-hop, hardcore popcore metal, black metal, folk, and for anyone who, like me at the beginning, has no idea what that might sound like, I can say: predominantly metalcore with elements from other music styles.
What I must note is that the album is cumbersome, and I had to listen to it several times before I developed a bit of a feel for the songs, which mostly exceed the 5-minute mark. They often have quiet passages, with gentle, melodic singing from the vocalist, which then abruptly transitions into mosh passages where she screams everything down. I imagine this would be particularly entertaining live. Unfortunately, both aspects rarely resonate with me emotionally. The melodies are transcendent, pathetic. The hard scream passages represent the emotionless, technical maximum hardness of extreme metal. "Technical" is indeed a keyword that brings you closer to the band. Frequent rhythm and tempo changes run through the songs. The style experiments benefit the music and give the album more dynamics. However, these often consist of the mentioned switch between mild and SUPA LOUD AND BRUTAAAAL, which becomes a bit tiresome.
After the third run-through, I finally got into the groove and know the parts I like. There are plenty of driving and energizing passages and riffs on this album, and I believe they would have benefited from a slightly more compact songwriting. "Skinned Teeth" blasts through perfectly, for example, despite a lot of variety. "The Bent Neck Lady" comes in two versions, and the "Radio Edit" of still 5 minutes is significantly better than the 10-minute full version. I'm curious which radio station will blast such music at people on their way to work.
The title track has a nice introduction with its half-sung spoken word. I believe that from all the ideas on this record, they could have produced twice as many songs that do not fail in ambition to be epic and pack too much into too long pieces. For those who are not deterred by this, Point Mort is an exciting affair. Oh, one thing does surprise me a bit: No songs in French?
