BACK TO EDEN - Blackened Heart CD (2018)

Heavy metal with a name like Blackened Heart isn't subtle, and BACK TO EDEN have no interest in pretending otherwise.

Another entry from Melbourne's quietly relentless heavy music underground, this 2018 release leans into the dark aesthetic that heavy metal does best, big riffs, a certain theatricality, and the kind of atmosphere that makes it clear these people take the music seriously without taking themselves too seriously. Australian heavy metal has a long history of being underestimated and outrageously good, and Back To Eden fit that lineage. This one's for the record shelf next to your patches, not your streaming queue.

CD, 2018 Australian release. Melbourne, Victoria.

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