Album review: Kill The Lights – Death Melodies

It wasn’t really a shock that Kill The Lights’ 2020 debut The Sinner hit the mark. Comprised of members of metalcore luminaries Bullet For My Valentine, Still Remains, Threat Signal, and Throw the Fight, all with a point to prove, that record found the collective living up to their ​‘supergroup’ pedigree with pinpoint efficiency and ruthless aggression. Far more impressive is that rather than burning out in a blaze of glory, the transatlantic quintet have enough fuel for a second swing at stardom with stonking follow-up Death Melodies. From the opening roar of Hear You Scream, there’s a confidence in exactly what they want to do. Fair enough, that’s pretty much the same thing they’ve wanted to since the early-2000s – crunchy melodic riffs, alternately angry an...

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