Coming from the land down under springs the melodic-death metal band, AETHERIAL from Melbourne. The band released their debut album, "The Still Waters Of Oblivion" on November 10^th, 2017. It features twelve tracks and lasting around forty-seven minutes long. The cover art of "The Still Waters Of Oblivion" is morose but it completely contradicts the high driving riffs and melodies that AETHERIAL offers.  I sense GOJIRA, even some Djent influence within the songs. Either way, it keeps me interested! I think my favorite track on this album was "The Unavoidable Conclusion." It has the SOILWORK composition with more prominent bass lines. And I find my head continuously banging to it. It is familiar yet different. They have made a sound of their own.

I didn't really like "The Still Waters Of Oblivion" at first, honestly. It took me listening to the album a couple of times for it to grow on me. So, I highly suggest listening to it a few times for it to really sink in.  The album starts off with the track, "The Penitent Man." It is atmospheric at first, and then it hits you with a brutally screamed verse as the introduction which transitions to slamming drums and guitars. "The Fallen Will Mark Their Way" is a great track, with perfected, high driven riffs with abrupt pauses and shift in tempo. Well done with this one!

"Three Poisons" has the GOJIRA feels! Which I love. This is an insanely heavy track with so many punches and twists and turns. The high and low vocals are well executed. So incredibly good.  Make more songs like this, please. This is another favorite track of mine on this album. Overall, as I have said before, give it a listen a couple of times before making a decision how you feel about this album. It took me a few times for it to sink it and it grew on me and the more I like it.  I look forward to hearing more what AETHERIAL has to offer.