10 Great Things In Metal This Week (27th Nov)

10. Brutai - Born

Brutai's brand new debut album, Born, kicks off the list, primarily because I spoke about their new single "Never Change" last week, and I want to get them out of the way.

Why must you be so consistently awesome, Brutai? Regardless, the very first full-length by the London-based melodic mavens dropped this Friday, and I am as a result obligated to talk about just how fantastic it is.

Easily the best thing about Born is its harmonies, with its semi-progressive riffs and the keyboards of Alex Lorimer perfectly backing the clean vocals of frontman Felix Lawrie. If you're a fan of A Voice Within-era Intervals and the more harmonic side of djent acts like TesseracT or Skyharbor, Brutai is doubtlessly a name you need to know of.

A metal record truly engineered for the modern age, Born almost feels futuristic in its blending of old-school metal, progressive time signatures and electronics.