Melbourne's Observist unleash raw, beautifully unnerving progressive metalcore debut EP, 'From The Ashes'

Melbourne’s Observist have released a hell of a debut EP in ‘From The Ashes’, showcasing a stunningly abbrasive, and craftily unsettling sound from the progressive metal core outfit.

Like your coffee black? Then you’ll dig these pure filthy, grinding riffs with such a dirty groove. Observist’s sound is unrelenting and raw. It’s actually difficult to believe this is a debut EP, which then begs to wonder… where can they go from here?

Observist have shown to be a musical phoenix, rising from the ashes of a previous band, and using that demise as a platform for a more refined, structured heavy project.

Both singles from the EP, Fragments and Atlas, have been spun by Lochlan Watt on triple j's The Racket, MMM Hard N Heavy Downunder, The Faction and more, and have enjoyed love from Maniacs, Hysteria, IDIOTEQ and more.

The emotional and heavy EP as a whole was Recorded and Mixed by Kye Blomeley (Nicolas Cage Fighter) & Mastered by Forrester Savell (Dead Letter Circus, COG, Karnivool, Make Them Suffer, Caligula's Horse, Twelve Foot Ninja).

The Melbourne metalcore outfit wanted to make a statement with their initial release of music and as such, the band believe the EP "...tells our story, our hardships and our willingness to persevere.

We've gone through numerous line up changes and delays to get to where we are in making this band what it is and this record a reality, some doubted us, some told us just to give up but others believed in us. We held onto that belief and pushed through. The emotion conveyed instrumentally, vocally and lyrically we bared it all on this track for everyone to see."