Peace in Place

Manchmal merkt man erst, wie sehr man was vermisst hat, wenn es wieder da ist: POISON THE WELL sind auch nach 16 Jahren Abwesenheit mit das Schlaueste, Dunkelste, atmosphärisch Dichteste, das die Welt des Metalcore zu bieten hat.

Major contributors to metalcore's early 21st century surge, POISON THE WELL were always a little too adventurous and non-conventional to truly capitalize on their lofty status. Across five albums and countless shows, the Floridians were giving the genre a much-needed injection of originality, just as the majority of its exponents were heading in the opposite direction. When they split up, not long after the release of 2009's excellent "The Tropic Rot", it seemed as much an act of necessary re...