While Puerto Rico’s independent scene is seeing artists from hip hop, trap, electronic music, indie rock and folk music grasp some sort of mainstream success, musicians from other more underground genres like punk and metal continue to remain in the dark. Nevertheless, this doesn’t stop them from continuing to embrace their form of expression and explore it relentlessly. One of the bands that continues to explore these heavier sounds is 1 Soul 7 Lives who with their debut project, EP, manage to deliver a mosh pit-worthy presentation. Starting EP is “Destroying My World” and “Climbing out of the Abyss,” two songs that firmly display metalcore influences while exploring themes of depression and getting out of it, respectively. Meanwhile, “Just a Memory” is a blend of hardcore punk, heavy metal and metalcore influences, which demonstrates that the genres can coexist within a single sound. The second half of EP starts with “Digital Utopia,” one of the heavier tracks in the project that seems to be a critique of society’s current infatuation with the internet. To close the project, 1 Soul 7 Lives deliver “The Fall,” a song that holds its heavy metal and metalcore influences on its shoulders to present a fantastic mosh pit-worthy atmosphere. In short, with EP, 1 Soul 7 Lives manage to deliver a solid display of their heavy metal and metalcore influences demonstrating that they are still a band looking to refine and define their unique sound as they manage to make listeners head bang and create mosh pits.
Listen to EP on Spotify All of the pictures in this article were found in 1 Soul 7 Lives’ Facebook
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AuthorFernando E. E. Correa González is the author behind over 30 self-published poetry books. He has been published by literary magazines & journals [Id]entidad, El Vicio del Tintero, Sábanas Magazine, Smaeralit, The Occulum, Tonguas and Hound Magazine. Other than writing, Correa is also the host of FENCast, a podcast dedicated to documenting the Puerto Rican independent art scene. Aside from this, he experiments with filmmaking, photography, drawing, painting, multimedia and transmedia. He currently lives in his native Puerto Rico. Archives
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