Sylosis

Reading, Berkshire-based metal band Sylosis combine multiple heavy metal subgenres with a keen ear for melody and epic song structures. Emerging in the mid-aughts, the band's 2008 full-length debut, Conclusion of an Age, was rooted in classic Bay Area thrash. Progressive and melodic death metal elements began rising to the fore on the 2012 concept album Monolith, a style the band continued to explore on efforts like Dormant Heart (2015) and A Sign of Things to Come (2023). Formed in 2000 by Josh Middleton (lead guitar) and Carl Parnell (bass), they initially recruited school...