Review
Sylosis strip back the labyrinthine layers on The New Flesh, delivering their seventh album with a blistering, direct attack that prioritizes raw momentum over technical excess. By taking "the path less technical," frontman Josh Middleton and his revamped lineup embrace a straightforward brutality built for the mosh pit. While their previous work leaned heavily on modern, melodic metalcore, here the band taps into late-'90s-inspired groove metal and classic thrash, yielding a sound that feels "snorting and angry".
Critics largely praise this focus, describing the record as "streamlined, forceful, brimming with confidence, and disarmingly accessible" even as they trade some melodic complexity for "sheer power, going straight for the throat". Apart from the acoustic-led outlier "Everywhere at Once"—hailed as a "genuinely touching study" of the emotional trials of a touring musician—this collection of tightly controlled tracks proves that the band can still "play the big rooms" without losing their lethal edge.
