{"id":50,"date":"2022-01-10T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/01\/10\/hearing-aide-the-final-sleep-vessels-of-grief\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:22:00","slug":"hearing-aide-the-final-sleep-vessels-of-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/01\/10\/hearing-aide-the-final-sleep-vessels-of-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aide: The Final Sleep \u201cVessels Of Grief\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New York State has some of the finest bands in the U.S. From Clouds Taste Satanic, to Diluted, Wasted Space to Caustic<\/a>, and Less than Hate, NYS knows how to throw down a heavy riff or three. With that in mind, our focus today is on a band from Troy<\/a>, the immensely talented The Final Sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Final Sleep is a five piece that features founding members of Arsis (drummer Mike Van Dyne), Burning Human (bassist Jason Van DerVoort and guitarist Mike Stack), and Withstand (guitarist Kevin Maloney) joined by Jeff Andrews (guitar and vocals). Together they utilize melody, heavy riffs, sizzling lead guitar work, expertly performed vocals, and a ton of power in order to get their message across; they also throw in some progressive elements to bring their music up to new levels. Their upcoming album, Vessels of Grief<\/em>, is due out February 4th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was shocked as I listened to Vessels of Grief<\/em> for the first time, mainly because The Final Sleep hits upon several different genres, and manages to keep the record cohesive despite that. I can hear influences from viking metal, dark melodic metal like Witherfall, death metal, hardcore, and a bit of black metal; the band specifically states that they take influence from Opeth, Edge of Sanity, Control Denied, Amorphis, and Mercyful Fate\/King Diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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