Invicim – Guilt of Gods
Invicim – Guilt of Gods
Self-Released
Release Date: 06/06/2025
Review by Beth Morait
9.5/10
We love getting review requests in from big names here on Ever Metal. I mean, who wouldn’t, right? But what we’re really all about is the underground, and giving smaller bands a platform where they’re equally as important. And one thing I really love is when a band comes to us completely organically, not through a PR company, and offers us some music to listen to, that they’re self-releasing. Because that’s the graft for the love of the craft, right there. And at the end of the day, it’s these bands who have the potential to grow into the big bands of the future. And they will be needed.
The cherry on top of receiving these emails is when the music within them is good! UK-based Nu-Metalcore band Invicim are one of these bands. And I knew I needed to review their new EP from about 20 seconds into the first track.
‘Ronin’ begins with a grand introduction, featuring a fade in (which I don’t loathe quite as much as fade outs, but they still annoy me, hence the docked half point!) that blossoms into an awesome Melodic Metalcore track, with clean vocals that remind me of the Howard Jones sound from his Killswitch days, riffs and melodies on the guitars that crunch you in the guts, but raise you to the highest heights, rumbling bass and rhythm sections, and tortured screams. It’s expansive, and cinematic, while still being heavy enough to drop firmly into Metalcore territory, for those who want to bang their heads!
Up next is ‘Lucid Fear’. This track is more mellow, Alt-Metal territory, but retains a good whack of power, nonetheless. And the cinematic expansiveness is still filling every available gap with some sort of sound. Ethereal synth strings sounds in this case, giving it a mainstream modern twist.
‘Covenant’ is like a gripping thriller movie, but in song form. Starting out with ominous strings and drums beating sombre isolated rhythms, the bass comes rumbling in like a bulldozer, signalling the arrival of the horrors to come. It’s discordant and spikey in the verses, and huge and crushing in the choruses, making this the heaviest song on the EP, and the most Metalcore, with its combinations of growls, bleurghs, and pained screeches. Whoever the horror is in this covenant, someone has really pissed them off!
The title track, ‘Guilt of Gods’, closes the EP, and it’s another downtuned rumbler led by the powerful bass, along with synth hits. It’s incredibly dramatic again, with the sweeping strings sounds dominating sections, adding to the vastness of the sound. It wanders off into the realms of Progressive in this song too, experimenting with close harmonies, and interesting progressions of chords and passages.
For a band formed less than two years ago, and from what I can tell, with only a handful of released singles so far, this is an absolutely blinding EP to break onto the more widespread scene with. This is what I LOVE to hear from bands. Passion, talent, and drive in equal measure, making something that is mature and absolutely on point. Even their website speaks volumes about how hard they work, and how serious they are about succeeding! I absolutely need more from this band.
‘Ronin’ Official Video
TRACKLISTING:
01. Ronin
02. Lucid Fear
03. Covenant
04. Guilt of Gods
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