The Ember Gone

This album has been added to 2 public lists:

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  2026/09 Listening Log

  Beanis

  Genre: Progressive Death Metal

  Clearly a band who know what they’re doing, but to me they don’t quite lean far enough into neither groove nor melody nor interesting instrumentation for long enough periods of time in order to hook me as a listener. They’re constantly switching between doing different cool things without lingering long enough for it to make any impact, so it just comes off as a disjointed and stressful listen to me.

  I’m sure this is someone’s cup of well-brewed tea, but it’s not mine.

  Tier: C-
  (Cool, but not my thing)

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  2026 Albums

  Pete Brown

  These guys are from Bordeaux, France and have been putting out albums fairly regularly since the mid-2000s. Seems like they’re fairly well known, although this is the first time I have encountered their stuff.

  The Ember Gone is pretty solid progressive technical death metal. I’m not crazy about the occasional deathcore-style vocals (that sub-genre not generally being my cup of tea) but otherwise I like this album. The tech/prog elements don’t feel overdone; they keep things interesting over the course of the eight tracks without getting distracting.