As edgy and uncompromising as the city that spawned them, Glasgow quintet Bleed From Within have always had a grit and aggression that promised greatness. Simmering away for over a decade now, however, in a seemingly endless series of support slots for metalcore’s big guns, it had become easy to wonder whether their time might’ve been and passed. Any sense of stagnation is blown away by smashing sixth album Fracture, though, as it promises – fittingly – to deliver the break they’ve been waiting for. Key to that has been the band’s desire to recalibrate and take control of their destiny. Eschewing darkness and negativity to reach for a more affirmative power and light on the horizon, there’s a renewed sense of urgency and purpose across these ten tracks that invokes traditional two-ste...
