With a cosmic taste to the artwork, you get the sense that Carbonine were aiming to be expansive in their new album ‘Rebirth’. Brandishing a kind of hard rock but with with melodic, tuneful melodies instead of rapped or screamed lyrics, this album is certainly that. It’s brash but subtle, harsh but light in places – all in all it’s a bit of a treat for rock lovers.
Opening with two tracks that really set out the stall – ‘Say I Am’ and ‘Edge of the World’ – you can tell from the off that this is going to be an LP full of energy. The opener makes an impact, but this is truly followed up by its follow up, where a thudding bass drum matches to a great distorted guitar line to set a decent pace before a brilliant double time ending with a searing guitar solo. The scene is set.
From there, the album has a very satisfying pattern. While each song is, at its core, heavy, melodic rock, each is opened with a different feel. There’s an atmopsheric soundscape start to ‘Thoughts’, a pared back vocal/drums/bass only opening to ‘Bury My Shame’. There’s even a foray into blues guitar with the first section of ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow?’
It all goes to demonstrate that yes, this is good heavy rock at its base, but around that there’s a solid musical grounding. Admirable work.
You can buy the album here – and we recommend it.
