Future Palace – Resurgence
Future Palace – Resurgence
Century Media Records
Release Date: 31/07/2026
Review by Beth Morait
8/10
Bit of Modern Metalcore/ Nu Metal to finish the month off? Why the heck not! Germany’s Future Palace have just that to tickle my fancy, with their new album “Resurgence”. And without even listening to them, I was pretty sure I was going to like it, because of the description in the press release – “post-hardcore intensity with cinematic electronics, soaring melodies, and crushing breakdowns”. Plus, they also have a female vocalist, which always pleases my inner feminist!
Considering they’re only a trio, Future Palace’s sound is instantly impressive. ‘Deep Blue’ reminds me straight away of Linkin Park, and Maria Lessing’s vocals have me thinking of another of my favourites – Skarlett Riot. There’s a lot of power in her voice, but she also has a beautiful command of her softer register. And then she goes screamo out of nowhere, and it’s a great transition! The opening of this song really does lull you into a false sense of security with its gentler, cinematic style.
And that is something that Future Palace do very well throughout this album, seamlessly traveling between cinematic layering and expansive soundscapes, to crunching chugging, almost industrial-tinged heavier passages. ‘Supernova’ is a great example of this.
The album is themed around the ideas of isolation, inner conflict, and the ‘struggle to rebuild oneself’, and every song does have an air of loneliness, and inner battles. A lot of it is in a minor key, and Maria’s soaring, crystal-clean vocals really reach into your soul.
Let’s not forget the rest of the band here though! Everything is super tight, and rock steady. The guitars of Manuel Kohlert are heavy and crunchy when they need to be, but he’s not afraid to pull it back. Johannes Früchtenicht completes the trio, and his metronomic pace pulls everything along well. They also use a lot of samples to create that expansiveness in their sound.
If you’re looking for a heavy, crushing banger, ‘The Shades’ has that covered. It’s approaching the mid-point in the album, and much grittier and down-tuned than what has come before. It leads into ‘Nixy’ which is almost the same song, musically, just a bit faster. I don’t know whether that was an intentional choice, but I feel they may have been better separated out a bit. However, it is still a hell of a tune, and you can really feel the inner torture coming through in the sound.
From here on in, we go into full-on, in-your-face metalcore for a bit, which is what I really wanted to hear. But it never loses its melodic edge, which also pleases me, as I’m a sucker for a good melody!
Now, you probably know I also love a good emo tune, and ‘Nightfall’ has that covered for this album. Melancholic, cinematic, but gritty and chugging in all the right places, it starts slow and soaring, then descends into the pits of shrieking despair. It’s got a very Gothic edge to it, which also floats my boat in a big way… Until the fade at the end! Goddamnit! I HATE FADE OUTS!!!! (Call me a meany but that loses a mark for me every time.)
Then they randomly go Pop-Rock ballad in ‘Tidal Waves’. I should hate this song, but somehow, I don’t. It’s kind of what would happen if 80s Enya and 00s Cascada got together with a guitarist to write a song for a film, to be used as the main character is walking away up a beach after some sort of emotional encounter.
Aside from the fade-out faux pas, I like this album a lot. It’s not ground-breaking, but it ticks all the boxes it says it’s going to and has a lot to offer many different audiences! There’s even a couple of tracks that could work in Eurovision on here (‘Ebb and Flow’ being one of them). Definitely a good route into the genre for the new generation of Metalheads.
TRACKLISTING:
01. Deep Blue
02. Resurge
03. Supernova
04. Disintegrate
05. The Shades
06. Nixy
07. Thorns
08. Ebb and Flow
09. Nightfall
10. Symphony of the Clouds
11. Tidal Waves
12. Cyclone
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