Then Falls The Sky is an Ohio-based quintet who forge melodic, technical tunes in the sizzling fires of their brand of metal excellence. Groovy and frenetic, their sound is neither stale nor pioneering, but it oozes honesty and commitment with aplomb and assuredness. In conjunction with their new release – Break Free, which just dropped July 15th – Then Falls The Sky is whetting appetites with a free download of the EP’s standout track, “Blinded.” The buzzing track scintillates with metal trademarks but also simmers cooly with a spoken-work bridge that allows the song to breathe and calmly step out of it’s more traditional framing. “Blinded” seems to hinge on the heavy double-bass action propping up the shrill lead riffage, but there’s plenty of solid stuff keeping the tune gro...