Everything must come to an end, sooner or later. In the case of Miles To Perdition, the band chose to end their journey at the end of 2024, but not without giving their fans a musical goodbye in the form a final EP, called Of Gods And Parasites, which will be released this Friday, November 15th.
In terms of genre, the guys are more or less staying in the same lane as on the highly praised predecessor, 2084: melodic death metal with a Scandinavian touch. It does feel like they went down a slightly more technical route this time around though. Especially the guitar work is more technical and the back and forth between both lead and rhythm is much more, dare I say, playful.
Also, generally-speaking, I feel like the twenty minutes are much more melody-focussed than on previous releases. A very good example of this is a beautiful solo on the opening track around the five minute mark that goes on for a solid sixty seconds. However, all those intricacies made it hard for me to make out the bass guitar most of the time, except for those rare moments where it does get to shine on its own.
In the drum department, there is everything you’d expect from a MTP record: blast beats à gogo, double-bass barrages left and right, as well as loads of nasty little accents and drum fills.
The same can be said about the vocals, which cover the entire bandwidth, scream, growls and screeches, without breaking a sweat. I would even argue that this is the best performance across their discography, albeit it being the last one.
The only thing I do not understand at all, was the choice to put an electronic interlude on a four song EP, making it only three “real” songs. However, I cannot really hold it agains the quality of the music, because it does tie the two adjacent songs together nicely…but still.
All in all, Of Gods And Parasites is a fitting send-off from a band that has certainly had an effect on the local scene over the course of its existence. With that, I bid Miles To Perdition farewell and I hope that the individual members find the creative urge again at some point to release music in one way or another. To keep up with the present and future of them, head over to their Facebook page and make sure to watch the video below.