NUCLEAR BLAST
For Sylosis’s sixth album, mastermind Josh Middleton pulled the band away from their usual progressive approach, emphasising songs and hooks. The result was the best music they’d made in a decade. Deadwood opened ASign… with a rampage of masterfully catchy thrash, before Absent, Thorns and Eye For An Eye dabbled in more synths and melodic singing than the Brits had ever used before. Progressive it was not, but it offered a collection of addictive metal songs regardless.