 
Fresh from an 8 year hiatus Nottingham boys Earthtone9
are back with some fresh material for their new
4 track EP “For Cause & Consequence”,
the first new material the band have put out in
9 years! The question needing to be answered is
after such a time gap in material can a band keep
a sense of style? Will they remember how to write
as a band? Will anything have changed? Can they
still be as good as they were if not better?
The answer to all is shut up of course they’re
still on form! These 4 new tracks prove that Earthtone9
are back in fucking business and they haven’t
missed a step. “Tide of Ambition”
is a mean dirty riffy metal track with elements
of progressive metal thrown in for good measure;
the vocal work here is terrific especially the
screams which are quite heavy and fitting.
“Ghosts” is a quite different track
it’s got a bit of a different feel to it
whilst retaining the same style as their other
tracks there is a lot of twists and turns throughout
this track between melodic verses and dirty metal
sections intertwining throughout; same applies
to the following track “The Trail That we
Carved Out” apart from that song has a much
catchier vocal line as opposed to its predecessor.
The final track on the EP “Reborn”
and it is my personal favourite; the atmosphere
in this song is something else. It’s got
everything; melody, clean vocals, screams, dirty
riffs and a flowing sense of eeriness throughout.
On the whole the EP is an amazing return to form
from the lads and with a UK tour on the go and
an appearance at Sonisphere festival coming up
they have big things ahead.
5/5
Review by James Webb
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