Down Under lets prog. rock and deathcore mingle on debut album
(WorldNews Music)

Listening to Sisyphean, the new album by Charleston deathcore band Down Under, it`s difficult to believe that this is their full-length debut. After you get through the churning mix of cycling guitars and horror-movie sound effects in `Prologue,` the remaining eight tracks are absolutely merciless, full of churning riffs (courtesy of guitarists Will Manigault and Eli Blalock) and machine gun drums (from James Davenport), topped off by David Lopez`s demonic growl. The band moves as one entity, executing spine-snapping tempo changes and serpentine song structures like a fine-tuned rollercoaster. From the thrust of the title track to the closing barrage of `To Ashes We Burn,`...