![]() ![]() Formed in 2018 and now in an unlikely position releasing their debut full-length ‘ Crypt of Ice‘ on a major label less than three years later, no doubt it is charismatic simplicity that has folks who’ve heard Frozen Soul abuzz - Their timely and perhaps trendy-yet-classic interpretation of death metal is immediate, imposing and a well-formed colossus-sized slugger end to end, though the songcraft integral to their gig is yet a bit static in its greater dynamic. The band doesn’t suggest they’ve aimed for empowerment over ice-themed not-zombie gore but their purpose (and revelry) in the furiously idealistic mindset of mid-to-late 90’s hardcore/metalcore and the imaginative, uncensored enlightenment of early 90’s death metal brutality is evident within. ![]() It may sound like the convenient, worldly buzz of the well-backed artist speaking to music as armor to absorb the potentially mind-shattering dregs of a storied past one might be reliving but when Dallas, Texas area death metal/hardcore quintet Frozen Soul wears their plate-and-chain in concerted motion, it is in response to “ …the depression of dealing with real life and the venomous people that can inhabit it…” but not in a victimized mindset, and certainly not through their lyrics. Tucking into rebellion, making counter-cultural choices, and wearing the armor of stoic nihil is yet appropriate in response to the mindflayer-like effects of chaotic and perceptibly traumatic environs. Ducking away from society and/or community wouldn’t feel like fresh death or liberation otherwise. The fragile rigidity of a person entrenched in conflict with or, bought into, divisive egotism will inevitably adapt to depend upon a perceived or previously subjective “struggle” state ad infinitum An socially acceptable maladaptation of formal operational development leaves the tender mind in perpetual crisis of reassurance.
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