Devil Sold His Soul is a relatively young UK outfit who have just dropped their second full-length with “Blessed & Cursed”. They started out with an EP in 2005 after having been around for just one year and followed that one up with their first full-length in 2007 (“A Fragile Hope”). They already got some good reviews with that one but I’m thinking “Blessed & Cursed” will see them break through to a much bigger audience.
With an extremely potent mix of metalcore and post-rock, these dudes divide an hour’s worth of music neatly over ten songs that all ebb and flow together nicely. It’s like a mix of Oceansize and Neurosis. Not for the light at heart and definitely not an album that sits well with a sunny day. But goddammit, what glorious noise they make! Sure, it all sounds the same after a while but the way the guitars swirl around and feed off of each other is pretty friggin’ great. As are the vocals which switch perfectly from screaming to singing. It all makes “Blessed & Cursed” a solid album from start to finish.
Score: 8 out of 10
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