Reviewed by David Pearce

Artist – Boil
Album – A New Decay
Label – Mighty Music
Year – April 2010

1. Redefine
2. Transition
3. Sleepwalker
4. Quiet Hours
5. Faceless
6. Clarity
7. The Fall
8. Dead Inside
9. Hypersomnia
10. Starless

Based in Aarhus, Denmark, the progrock band Boil plays an ambitious style of progressive rock and metal that balances on the delicate edge of melodic catchiness, intricacy and complexity. With the 5 members drawing from widely different influences, the unique mixture contains elements of both polyrhythmic modern metal, electronica, grunge and classic rock.

The album starts off with Redefine that has really good clean vocals, The guitar riffs are very melodic and the changes in the timing are perfect, The drumbeats are well done throughout the song. The next two songs are as good as the first track full of melodic riffs good clean vocals. The Fourth song on the album is Quiet Hours starts off with a slow guitar riff in which gets a little bit quicker as it progresses then them clean vocals come in. The vocals are really well put over you can hear that a lot of thought has been put into the lyrics. The style is very similar to Tool in this song starts off slow then hits you with some really good riffs and pounding drumbeats, then slows down while the vocals come in really good stuff. The next two songs are Faceless, Clarity continue with the same quality vocals, complex riffs and timings good heavy melodic drumbeats all good quality the way they have been done. The Seventh song on the album is The Fall starts off with a clean guitar riff then the vocals come in a little louder that the riff, then you have some great little touches in there aswell. The riff continues halfway through the song then the style changes a little with some keyboard samples thrown in for good measure, which mixes really well into the song it give’s it another dimension. Tracks Eight and Nine are Dead Inside and Hypersomnia have more of the same melodic harmonies included on the guitar riffs, the drumbeats are keep the beat perfectly and the vocals are perfectly put over. The last song on the album is Starless starts off with some keyboard samples then the vocals come in over the top, The guitar riff is followed very by the keyboards which I really like. This song a real Gary Numan feel to it in the way it has been put over. It has a very good vibe to it in that it puts you in a very relaxed mood that is perfect for the last song on the album.

Overall

The album has been done really well it really does have the right balance between good heavy riffs, keyboard samples and the vocals are very well put over. If you like progressive rock with a difference you will like these guys.

8/10

Members
Jacob Løbner: Lead Vocals
Stig Nielsen: Guitar & Vocals
Mikkel Ib: Drums, Percussion & Samples
Kenneth Avnsted: Guitar
Kristian Outinen: Bass