The Very End - Turn Off The World

Published November 30 2012

*=Staff's pick	Splinters* Iron Sky Infidels The Black Fix Maelstrom Calling Sixes And Nines The Last Mile* Dreadnought Gravity Orphans Of Emptiness To Feed On Hope*

Genre	Metal	Björn Goosses	Vocals
Tracks	11	René Bogdanski	Guitar
Running time	46 Min.	Alex Bartkowski	Guitar
Label	Steamhammer/SPV	Marc Beste	Bass
Release	26 November 2012	Daniel Zeman	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboard
Producer	W. Sorychta, The Very End
Similar artists	Soilwork

With a new lineup featuring two new additions in guitarist Alex Bartkowski and drummer Daniel Zeman, Germany's The Very End now releases their third album Turn Off The World.

The Very End combines all kinds of metal elements like heavy metal, thrash, melodic death and metalcore. There is no decisive straight line on this rather diverse release, making me think to whom this album will reach out to. It's heavy, sometimes aggressive and sometimes not. The guitarplay has a couple of great leads and also cool riffing. The bassplay has a heavy groove, but then there's one massive obstacle to climb; the making of great, captivating and interesting songs.

Their ambition to create beautiful melodies and strong powerful songs within their types of music eventually don't reach out to the full. I've listened to this album over and over again, but when these eleven songs and forty-six minutes have ended, it still stands on square one, eager to explode, but without fuel it doesn't ignite. This album doesn't reach the edge and over it, to make you wanna headbang and scream the lyrics out in front of a mirror. A decent release however with a couple of good songs, like the angry opener Splinters, the furious The Last Mile and the last song, heavy To Feed On Hope, with its neat chorus.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	6	4

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Tobbe