This Ending is actually the reincarnation of A Canorous Quintet, who released a few albums in the '90s before disbanding in 1998. The newly named band includes Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson along with vocalist Mårten Hansen, guitarists Linus Nirbrant and Leo Pignon and bassist Jesper Löfgren.
Inside The Machine is first rate melodic death metal. This Ending picked up right where A Canorous Quintet left off, with really melodic and catchy guitar riffs and a healthy dose of aggression. They also incorporate thrash into their sound. There's a strong element of technicality in addition to the bone crushing brutality.
Hansen's vocals are strong. They are aggressive and angry, but also understandable. He varies his intensity and the pitch of his screaming style, which a lot of extreme vocalists could take a lesson from. This Ending is treading down familiar ground, but they put their own spin on the genre and their songwriting is strong enough to make them a force in the melodic death metal genre.
