This no BS, no holds barred approach continues in ‘Let Me Sleep’. Lemme tell you, this will incite some serious pits and unmitigated carnage in a live setting! When you hear this song, you’ll know why. In a short sharp bust of 2 and a half minutes, it’s all over! In the time it would take a band like Bell Witch to change chords. This is a sprint, not a marathon.
‘Instrument Of War’ offers a much welcome injection of melody to proceedings. This comes via the guitars, changing their attack from low and dirty to euphonious and aesthetic during the chorus. Much of which can also be said for the instantly memorable and soaring chorus.
Within a blink of an eye, we’re at the final song of the EP. Saving the best for last? Most definitely! Paleface Swiss again change their route of offense and offer a significant change in compositional approach during ‘Everything Is Fine’. Slower, more deliberate, the band demonstrate that they can still be intense without cranking the distortion up to 10! The guitars conjure up some incredible tones and blazing riffs, the kind the early days of metalcore were famed for (think Killswitch Engage, All That Remains., et al.). I made a comment about Marc’s cleaner vocals being weaker; I RETRACT THAT STATEMENT. This is a vocal performance that will violently tug on your heart strings and demonstrates that Zellweger is anything but a one trick pony!
“PLEASE DON’T SAY GOODBYE!”
Well, as soon as the EP has begun, in less time than some of Opeth’s songs, it’s all over. So, are Paleface Swiss still an up and coming band, or an established entity? Dualism is a concept were two opposing entities can both be true. This applies adequately here. Paleface Swiss have earned their seat at the table of the genre’s elite whilst demonstrating a staggering potential with seemingly no bounds with this blistering effort!
