Release Date August 2nd, 2026
Format Digital
Genre Groove Metal, Metalcore
Origin England
Metasoma is a London based heavy metal band featuring Vlad Iancu on vocals, Michal Sedzielewski and Artur Wojcik on guitars, Bolo on bass, and Joe Patterson on drums. Its international makeup links the British scene with Polish and Romanian metal roots, a combination reflected in the contrast between melodic hooks and rigid rhythmic attack. The band has built its profile through extensive live work, including support dates with major metal acts, appearances beside established European names, and a headline show at The Underworld in London.
A number one position on the Hard Rock Hell Radio chart added wider exposure. Earlier Metasoma material leaned toward hard rock. The current formation has stripped away much of that surface, placing low guitar tuning, double kick patterns, groove riffs, and Vlad’s strained rasp at the front. The personnel now reads as settled and road tested, with two guitarists providing angular accents over a bass and drum pairing shaped for physical impact.
"Core" is a self released five song EP running around seventeen minutes, recorded at BaRock Entertainment Studio in Poland and Es Studio in London. Filip Halucha, associated with major Polish extreme metal productions, engineered "Downfall" at Heinrich House Studio, while Dawid Konrad Rydz handled the remaining material. The engineering places the drums high in the mix, locks the bass close to the kick, and gives the dual guitars a broad stereo spread. Compression adds immediate impact, although the cymbal wash and upper guitar frequencies become tiring at high volume. A minor tonal divide also appears across the EP due to the split production credits.
Musically, Metasoma works through clipped chugs, quick rhythmic stops, melodic chorus lines, discordant turns, and brief lead guitar details. Vlad stays ragged throughout, moving between a caustic rasp and more projected vocal lines. His delivery supports the grim subject matter without burying the words. War, propaganda, false righteousness, inherited mistakes, childhood memory, and toxic relationships shape the lyrics, producing a bleak view of modern life with little comfort offered. The short running time serves the material, since the songs rely heavily on breakdown cadence and similar stop and start motions.
Several transitions arrive too predictably, and the connection between the melodic sections and the riffs sometimes sounds incomplete. The playing is disciplined, the low end has physical presence, and the choruses add enough contrast to prevent the attack from becoming flat. "Core" presents a credible move into heavier territory, powered by committed performances and grim lyrical focus, restrained by conventional rhythmic choices and that slight production split.
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