  
So this has come through the door, stating that
this is a new EP from a 5 piece progressive metalcore
band based in our country’s capital. The
Last Legion have been going now for 3 years and
“Conspire” certainly has been hyped
and certainly all the well designed advertisements
and the cover itself certainly draw the eyes attention,
my main though is normally you’re either
progressive rock or progressive metal, or even
Djent now a days but progressive metalcore? Let’s
see what that is all about.
Yeah this is not worthy to have the “progressive”
stamp on it, it’s like a metalcore turning
deathcore act that is still resisting the change
and clinging to the metalcore label, some of the
breakdowns aren’t so much technical and
progressive as just heavy. “Guardian”
is a pretty beasty track that I can get into as
its heavy and has a great mesh of growls with
clean and distortion with clean that makes for
some good metalcore material. “Beakbreakers”
is the same sort of thing with a bit more complex
riffage which turns what I thought to be a simplistic
style into an enjoyable listen.
I tell you what, I think with a bit of work these
guys could actually make a name for themselves;
I think the high pitched screams need a bit of
work as its more like a man being raped than singing
at the moment but the growls are perfect as are
the clean, at times the structure can get a bit
too hectic too not really knowing whether to bang
your head but then it silences and you feel like
a twat, the melodic side of things they have down
too though. So all in all as you can tell I’m
impressed with this small display of material,
few tweaks here and there and I’d put money
on them making it big somewhere down the line.
3.5/5
Review by James Webb
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