You’d have to be living under a rock not to have at some point Ukraine on your mind in 2022. Well, war and politics aside, for the Ukrainian people as well, life has had to go on, no matter what struggles and horrors they’ve been subjected to. Ukrainian metalcore band Space of Variations is an excellent example of a group of young men who have been powering through, aiming high, and trying to reach the goals they have set for themselves. The quartet released their latest full-length IMAGO this past March. Their sophomore release and the follow-up to 2019’s Napalm Records debut, the XXXX EP, the album sees the group sound fresh and exciting, with a multi-faceted approach, complete with punishing hardcore riffs and cataclysmic breakdowns. There is an erratic, emotive atmosphere about IMAGO t...
