Expanding their sonic scope while honing the intensity that defined their previous releases, this UK-based Technical Death/Thrash Metal brigade returns to action with a pulverizing new EP.
Expanding their sonic scope while honing the intensity that defined their previous releases, UK’s own Technical Death/Thrash Metal brigade Unburier is back in action with As Time Awaits, a short, sweet and extremely venomous three-track EP that sees vocalist and guitarist Ben Champion, guitarist Blake Hibberd, bassist Stan Mitchell, and drummer Kim Hughes blend old and new school Death Metal styles with technicality, hooks, and razor-sharp songwriting. Carrying the torch of the classic Death Metal sound into a new age, As Time Awaits is certain to enthrall longtime fans of the genre, appealing to fans of giants the likes of Death, Necrophagist, and Revocation, among several others.
The metallic, rumbling bass by Stan will punch you right in the head in Continuum while his bandmates offer an overdose of brutality and technical sounds, all boosted by Ben’s desperate harsh vocals, followed by Abyssal Uncertainty, the most lyrically-ambitious track of the EP, with nods to Camus, Lovecraft and other literary influences, where the listener is invited to witness a trapped laborer’s descent into madness, reflecting on and acknowledging the absurdity of his life and death. Ben and Blake continue to slash their axes mercilessly, offering endless adrenaline flowing from their riffs and solos in the best Technical Death and Thrash Metal style. The third and last song of such an incendiary EP, titled Survive the Vermin, leaves us eager for a lot more from this new phase of Unburier, with Ben’s demented roars matching perfectly with the song’s riffage, bass lines and infernal beats and fills.
Newcomers to Unburier’s realm of fury and technicality will find As Time Awaits to be a compelling introduction to the band’s evolving sound, and longtime listeners will be proud to follow the band’s growth across their earlier releases Thrasher’s Gold (2019), Twisted Existence (2022), and Nebulous (2024), and if you want to know more about such an up-and-coming band from the UK scene you can find those guys on Facebook and on Instagram, listen to their ass-kicking music on YouTube and on Spotify, and purchase their pulverizing new EP from BandCamp or by clicking HERE. After EP number three I guess we’re ready for the band’s first full-length album in the near future, and based on the heaviness found in As Time Awaits, we can rest assured it will be total annihilation.
Best moments of the album: Abyssal Uncertainty and Survive the Vermin.
Worst moments of the album: None.
Released in 2026 Independent
Track listing
1. Continuum 4:00
2. Abyssal Uncertainty 5:29
3. Survive the Vermin 4:59
Band members
Ben Champion – vocals, guitar
Blake Hibberd – guitar, vocals
Stan Mitchell – bass
Kim Hughes – drums