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| 3.0 good | damon r. EMERITUS | November 28th 25 |
Metalcore aficionados A Mourning Star are back with a new EP, this time with a third (!) guitar player in tow and a clear intention to push the boundaries of their sonic palette. Necessity Has Clipped My Wings not only harbors some of the group's most ambitious songwriting to date, but it also sees them exploring new tonal dimensions for a sound that more vividly reflects the dichotomy between salvation and earthly suffering that lead vocalist Elijah Robinson often imbues into the group's lyrical themes. "Emerald Forest" opens the EP with a dreamlike instrumental piece that shimmers with acoustic guitar and bird calls before "An Abundance" shatters the mirror over our heads with a swath of metallic riffs. Throughout the remaining three songs the group pirouettes between blackened tremolos, triple-layered melodeath harmonies, and juggernaut breakdowns, but the crowning achievement of the affair has to be in the song "Cherubim," where the band shifts gears from their usual fare of jagged aggression into some borderline prog territory with soaring leads and a dive bomb that lands in a splash of glassy guitars and ghostly spoken vocals. This part doesn't last long, but it's a clarion call that A Mourning Star are no longer purely concerned with revivalism; they are actively seeking ways to develop as a group, and this EP is proof that they are on a blazing path.
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