Review Summary: Short review. Short EP. Lengthy replay ability.
The tired tropes of djent riffs. You know what some say: djent is overdone and laughably derivative, and never was that creative from the jump. How about that. Either way, no one told Binary Number - a scintillating outcome. Ironically, as old school as this album sounds, it has more riffs than some big name metalcore bands in 2022. I’d also like to point out that this little EP was birthed in the God forsaken year of 2020, and was created by a Korean band. A mostly instrumental EP, it launches impressively technical riffs in numerous branches like broken windows. The same can be said about the piano work which is dang impressive.
Eclipse stands out, the only song with vocals and surprisingly it has English lyrics; the female singer is absolutely beautiful and puts most djent/metalcore singers to shame. Eclipse sounds like what Spiritbox’s Eternal Blue had the potential to sound like, with pop vocal hooks that couldn’t fit the song better. I said what I said. Irreversible Regret is another banger, perhaps it has derivative chugs but the technical interplay between the guitarist and pianist is incredible. There’s moments like that making this EP completely worth your time. Binary Numbers didn’t change the game with this EP, but the extra piano is a pleasure. Binary Codes With Lines is a solid release that deserves more attention.
