Patience and perseverance are underrated virtues in the world of heavy music. Where other acts have experimentally scrabbled in search of some viral moment or serendipitous big break, Bleed From Within have relentlessly held course for two decades now. Repeatedly written-off as journeymen, said to have been playing it safe or cleaving too close a trail already blazed by bigger bands, the gutsy Glaswegians have simply doubled-down on their brand of melodic munch, fine-tuning on one release after the next. Seventh album Zenith doesn’t change that approach, but it does radiate with the confidence of having finally reaped some massive rewards. Crushing Download Festival three of the last four years? Smashing the support slot on Slipknot’s European arena tour? Plotting a stateme...
Patience and perseverance are underrated virtues in the world of heavy music. Where other acts have experimentally scrabbled in search of some viral moment or serendipitous big break, Bleed From Within have relentlessly held course for two decades now. Repeatedly written-off as journeymen, said to have been playing it safe or cleaving too close a trail already blazed by bigger bands, the gutsy Glaswegians have simply doubled-down on their brand of melodic munch, fine-tuning on one release after the next. Seventh album Zenith doesn’t change that approach, but it does radiate with the confidence of having finally reaped some massive rewards. Crushing Download Festival three of the last four years? Smashing the support slot on Slipknot’s European arena tour? Plotting a stateme...