Make Them Suffer - Worlds Apart (2017)^{Release ID: 7736}

If you've already read my earlier Make Them Suffer reviews, you know what I think of Neverbloom, their kick-A debut despite some slight repetition that is probably my favorite album to be considered deathcore. But in Worlds Apart, they ditched their symphonic blackened deathcore for a more dominating progressive metalcore sound.

One notable part of the sound that sets this album apart from the previous Make Them Suffer albums is the style of riffing. Their Emperor-influenced aggression is barely even present anymore, having been mostly replaced with Architects-esque riffs that are never bad at all. Those new riffs ranging from melodic to heavy to djenty can successfully dominate. They do their job well and never repetitively. Take that, other metalcore/deathcore bands!

"The First Movement" is not an intro movement at all, unlike in other albums. It's...well, the chorus sung by new keyboardist/vocalist Booka Nile explains what the song is, "It was a beautiful song, the first of many to come , but meant the start of a bond, precious only to one". Indeed, that heavy yet beautiful song is a great hint to the progressive metalcore sound coming up in this album. "Uncharted" has hyper-melodic energy. "Grinding Teeth" is full of grinding riffs, stellar keyboard atmosphere, and crystal-shining female singing. Booka's vocals are much more commonly used than Louisa Burton's vocals in the previous two albums.

If you pay close attention to "Vortex (Interdimensional Spiral Hindering Inexplicable Euphoria)", the part where vocalist Sean Harmanis screams "A-A A-A-A A-A-A-A A-A A", that's actually Morse code for the subtitle's acronym "ISHIE". Cool, right?! The slight Deftones-ish shoegaze influence can be heard in "Fireworks". CAN YOU BRING THEM?!? The soft ambient symphonic intermission tradition continues with the interlude "Contact". Then it segues to "Power Overwhelming" with overwhelming djent power.

After that is the groove-ish "Midnight Run". Next song "Dead Plains" starts soft with mysterious ambiance to open a fresh atmospheric dimension, then the dynamic instrumentation and screaming kick in to help with the variation. "Save Yourself" is the album's epic closer. It is another great way to recap an album with djent-core instrumentation, exquisite growls and screams, and rising female cleans, the latter making that song a more complete closing recap than the one for Neverbloom. Ending that song is an amazing preacher-like spoken word section over more of those female cleans. A massive ending!! SO D*MN AWESOME!!!

You never expect a lot of bands to have greatness excelling in every album, but Make Them Suffer is definitely like that. Every member has great musical talent proven by the album's sparkling production. If you love symphonic/progressive metalcore, I absolutely recommend this album for you!

Favorites: "The First Movement", "Vortex (Interdimensional Spiral Hindering Inexplicable Euphoria)", "Fireworks", "Dead Plains", "Save Yourself"