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Review: Woking based Metalcore behemoths, Employed To Serve, delivered their most precise accomplishment to date with last year's 'Conquering.'

The fourth full-length from the quintet showcases a simultaneous embracing and disregard for their bevvy of influences ranging from Zao and Converge to Machine Head.

It's in the middleground where ruthless bastardisations of frantic mathcore and groove laden nu-metal coalesce to conjure crushing bangers such as 'Twist The Blade' or lead single, 'Mark Of The Grave.'

Review: Everyone's favourite German metal absurdists, Rammstein, are set to follow up 2019's acclaimed untitled release with 'Zeit'; a bombastic affair that plays on their plethora of strengths, with results ranging from ridiculous to harrowing.

Take 'Zick Zack' with its trudging riff and frontman Till Lindemann's trademark auf deutsch swagger, resulting in a self aware banger recalling the XXX soundtrack days of 'Feuer Frei'.

With the epic, emotive dirge of the title track laying at the polar opposite end of the sonic spectrum, as well as two subsequent parts to this project including orchestral rearrangements and remixes, still to come; eight albums deep and the sextet still feel as inspired, bizarre and consistent as ever.