Anti-Clone
Human EP – Self released
Just a year or so after Anti-Clone went on hiatus the world entered a new level of crisis thanks to Covid. Then Putin decided to have a brain fart of cataclysmic proportions. And now we’re paying millions just to switch on a light bulb. So with the band back in business at least we have mood music for the moment. Whatever happens next this new version of the mysterious metallers certainly sound sharp. Rather than just stay in the old groove they’ve gone down a more melodic route with a drop in tempo and cleaner vocals. The menace is still there though. And so is the ability to write an anthemic tune such as the title track. Anti-Clone v2.0 are a leaner more mature act all round. They’ve taken stock and have come back fighting fit singing about all the dark things we tend to hide from. Lyrically they will bring meaning to a lot of people lives. Musically they still shred. Hell, now they’re back they may even save the world!
Review by Gary Trueman