UNTITLED WITH DRUMS have shared the stage with Deftones and Baroness, but the band are giving their hybrid of ‘90s post-hardcore and 2000’s alt metal an even greater emotional charge on their upcoming second album, Made Flesh.
“What Made Flesh has over its predecessor is earworms, with the grungy “Been So High” offering the band’s most authentic rock song, while “Cry”’s debilitating riffs and sombre tone make for a dramatic curtain call”, Metal Hammer writes.
Metal Trenches agrees. “With influences that cover everything from grunge, post rock and noise rock, Untitled With Drums seamlessly moves between moodier, introspective arrangements and noisier, room filling ones that keep you hooked throughout”.
Made Flesh came out yesterday, Friday, August 21 on Season of Mist, and you can hear all 10 catchy and cutting songs by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
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Made Flesh pushes Untitled With Drum’s familiar but fresh sound like never before. Lucas D.’s riffs cut harder while his more atmospheric passages stretch out further, woven through Nicolas Z.’s increasingly prominent synth work. Rémy D.’s drumming anchors the songs with assertive, sometimes intricate grooves, and Martin L.B.’s vocals and bass carry the record’s emotional charge throughout.
No strangers to the specialist press or the festival circuit, Untitled With Drums have been together since 2014. The band released their debut album Hollow in 2020, just days before their native France entered its first COVID lockdown. Despite the timing, the album drew widespread praise and propelled the band to the stages of Hellfest, London’s Desertfest and the Nuits de Fourviere festival, where they opened for the Deftones and Baroness.
Tracklist:
1. Above My Head (3:29)
2. Shame (3:29) [WATCH]
3. Matter (3:44) [WATCH]
4. Gray (4:19)
5. Space (4:57)
6. Change for You (4:31)
7. Oblivious (3:13) [WATCH]
8. Parasitic (3:30)
9. Been So High (3:00)
10. Cry (4:30)
Full runtime: 38:44
That UNTITLED WITH DRUMS didn’t throw in the towel during the COVID era is nothing short of a miracle. While their debut album, Hollow, had the misfortune of being released just days before the lockdown was declared in France in March 2020, the praise from the specialized media allowed it to soar above the fray. This propelled this heir to Failure, Quicksand, and Cave In to the stages of Hellfest 2022 and the Nuits de Fourvière festival, opening for the legendary Deftones, as well as London’s Desertfest. This was enough to build confidence, gather strength, and prepare the ground for a worthy successor to their first album, as well as to the symbols EP released at the end of 2025. This was merely an appetizer before Made Flesh, their sophomore album, through which the Clermont-Ferrand-based band pushes their hybrid of alt rock and 90s post-hardcore to new heights.
Recorded and mixed under the guidance of Cyrille Gachet (Fange, Year Of No Light, The Great Old Ones…) and then mastered by Alan Douches (Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Converge…), Made Flesh grew out of a long and intense period of songwriting, fraught with self-doubt and soul-searching. But above all, it testifies to a compositional intent focused on efficiency and a better showcasing of everything that constitutes the band’s sonic DNA. Only one single guiding principle here: ensuring that these 10 new tracks resonate personally. This is Untitled With Drums as its members want you to hear them — not as you might expect. Far from being weakened by their reformation as a quartet, it is precisely their unbreakable bonds forged more than a decade ago that constitute their strength, more alive with symbiosis than ever.
While the power of Lucas D.’s riffs is heightened, the ethereal soundscapes he weaves are even more expanded. They blend seamlessly with Nicolas Z.’s synthesizers, now more prominent than ever. Rémy D.’s drumming provides the songs’ backbone, delivering grooves with assertive nuances without neglecting more intricate patterns. This array of strengths wouldn’t be complete without bassist Martin L.B..’s vocals, never failing to deliver an infectious emotional intensity. This energy serves Made Flesh‘s thematic focus: a satirical outlook on our times delivered from a multitude of perspectives, like donning and dropping one mask after another.
With this sophomore album, UNTITLED WITH DRUMS establish themselves as the beacon of a French rock scene struggling to take risks, too often settling for crude heaviness. Theirs cuts deeper — straight to the flesh.
Line-up:
Martin L.B. — Bass, Vocals, Additional Guitar
Lucas Delay — Guitar, Additional Guitar
Nicolas Zalachas — Keyboards
Remy D. Perrin — Drums, Additional Guitar
Additional Recording Lineup:
Etienne Marchal — Additional Guitar
Recording Studio:
Halle du Jeu de Paume (Vic-le-Comte, France).
Production Credits:
Produced and Mixed by Cyrille Gachet.
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
Cover Art:
Martin Le Borgne
Biography:
Clément Duboscq
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