(Andy Synn makes some noise about the upcoming new album from Ceremony of Silence)

It’s a common refrain that certain genres – Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent (if we’re still using that word) – reached the point of oversaturation far too quickly, with the plethora of clones and copies often crowding out the more creative and/or innovative artists.

And while we can argue over the validity of this statement – like anything it’s a lot more nuanced, and a lot less black and white, than all that – I think we can all agree that you don’t hear this sort of rhetoric anywhere near as often when people talk about more overtly “underground” styles… even though it’s often just as true.

Case in point, the burgeoning “Dissodeath” genre (although, can we really still call it “burgeoning” when it began to coalesce into a distinct style over a decade ago?) has also rapidly reached the point of saturation, with the result being that – while most of the originators are still forging ahead and exploring the depths, and the limits, of their sound – it’s getting a little harder each month to really identify the stand-outs.

That’s not to say, however, that these stand-outs don’t exist, and with their new album (out tomorrow) Slovakia’s Ceremony of Silence look set to further establish themselves as one of the more notable acts in the ever-expanding disso-sphere.

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