Black Sites - Untrue (2021)

 Black Sites - Untrue (2021)

Black Sites are a trad/heavy metal band from Chicago. Untrue, their third album, has some big shoes to fill. Both In Monochrome and Exile have remained in my regular listening pile for years. Black Sites do nothing particularly special, but they do it effectively and with vigor. The band gives us clear, simple, and memorable melodies over mid-paced metal with a shine. Some songs are calmer than others, but they all sound straight out of metal’s youth.

Black Sites have shifted their sound ever so slightly on Untrue. Rather than rely entirely on big riffs and even bigger choruses, the songs forming Black Sites’ third full-length album cook slower. Make no mistake, this group still sounds out of time, like a slowed-down, more visceral Judas Priest. However, Untrue seems more exploratory than the band’s previous albums. The promo blurb indicates that the band intentionally struck out in a more progressive direction on this one. The past two records haven’t exactly had simple songwriting, but it got kicked up a notch on this one. Less focus on the big moments, more focus on getting to them.

Artist: Black Sites

Album: Untrue

Released: October 8, 2021

Genre: Progressive Heavy Metal

Country: USA

Quality: MP3 / CBR 320 Kbps

Label: Self-released

TRACKLIST

01. Sword of Orion (05:48)

02. Call It By It;s Name (05:41)

03. Lost Tribes (04:29)

04. Echoe of A Lie (06:09)

05. The Worst of Us (06:34)

06. Nocturne Everything Went Black (05:47)

07. They Eat Their Young (04:26)

08. White Ashes (05:01)

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