"Rattle the Bones" is the debut album from rockers DEVIL's TRILL. The album was recorded separately due to the pandemic, but the band feels that it sounds like they were all in one room to make the record. Billed as a Progressive/Stoner/Metal mash-up, the album contains nine tracks.

"Dreamland" leads us off. It begins with heavy and trippy guitars, and smooth, harmonized vocals. The basic sound here is more Hard Rock/Alternative than anything else. Some standout drum work connects the second and third choruses. "Against the Wall" opens with distorted guitars and a doleful, depressing, lumbering sound. At times, the vocals don't really connect with the music and are a bit pitchy. "Bones" is another mid-tempo song that features some harmonized vocals which have some power behind them, but the riffing is too simplistic and the harmonies in the vocals are again pitchy.

"Near Death Experience" is yet another grumpy, mid-tempo song that grinds against the grain, wallowing in Alternative sounds that don't distinguish it from the sea of bands in the genre out there. "Cyrus" is another song mired in slow, grinding tempos. I've said this many times before, but sticking to these rhythms is a recipe for a mediocre album. "In My Head" continues the sound from the previous track, with almost the exact same cadence, and more of the unmemorable vocals. I'm not necessarily saying they should scratch the singer altogether, but his unilateral style holds back the band from much else, but then again they don't really seem to want much else.

"Over and Over Again" is yet another slow song, high with anguish and wonderment about one's purpose in life. One or two of these songs on an album could make an impact, but when that is the entire album, it soon gets old. "Honor & Death" is the first different offering in terms of the genuineness that comes through. Clean guitars, and melancholy lyrics are featured here, but it soon falls back into that "longing" quality which again gets old by the second track. "Rattle the Bones" closes the album, and it's the longest, at seven-minutes in length. The last thing you need when listening to an album of these homogenous tracks is a seven minute closing song, within the same realm as the others.

Overall, this album really doesn't get off the ground. It's an honest debut effort from a new band, but there are too many mid-tempo numbers with re-hashed riffs and not much in the way of energy, and many of the vocals are pitchy and don't connect with the music. Call this what you want in terms of style, but it really fails to make an impact for me at all.