BLUE GRAPE MUSIC
Following the brilliance of Forever and Underneath, and the nu metal vibes of surprise standalone single Out For Blood, everyone had to once again prepare for the unexpected on Code Orange’s fifth effort. And once again, the Pittsburgh collective met the massive expectations they had set for themselves, further delving down the rabbit hole to uncover all manner of new ideas before seamlessly tying them all together into a whole that was unmistakably them. The alt metal anthems Take Shape (featuring Billy Corgan) and Circle Through sat next to the exhilarating rush of Snapshot, with multi-instrumentalist Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose utilising an even bigger bag of tricks. Right through to the title track’s closing string-led descent, The Above was another defiant statement of a band light years beyond the competition.