Creeping Malaise by Pinfinger

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 "Creeping Malaise" by PINFINGER, out of London, England, are have one heck of a solid METAL sound!  This song released today, and it was really cool to get the opportunity to review the song before the release and present it the day of!

First thing I noticed is the giant drums with double-kick are rhythmically in sync with the booming bass and metal power chord riffing guitars every step of the way, even on the speedy helicopter kicking...and triplet hit transitions.

The drums are gigantic with a slapping kick, big thudding snare and unrivaled energy.  The bass has a nice low tone that rumbles alongside that kick.  Guitars are on point and really give me Pantera vibes!  Thrash metal it is!  Guitars that crush rhythm like this are hard to come by.  That being said, the vocals have that graveling metal-styled vocal that fits this genre so perfectly...hitting all notes, nailing rhythms, singing when appropriate with harmony and layers.  Vocalists like this are also hard to come by.

I'm blown away by the professional sounding talent by this whole group, as they have everything it takes to fill stadiums.  I'm very honored to get to write this review, and I hope nothing less than the best for this dang awesome band!

They are being added to the "Fight the Storm" playlist, and I would love to throw horns up at a show if they come to Minnesota USA!  (Will be added to the playlist as soon as my time zone allows it.)

Check out this song on your favorite streamer using this SongWhip link!

https://songwhip.com/pinfinger/creeping-malaise


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