The Browning – Isolation
The Browning put out their third album ‘Isolation’ back in 2016 and I’m really liking the electronic styles they mixed into this one. They’re probably the best known electronic metalcore band and their evolution from using trendy dubstep sections to truly integrating electronic music into their style has resulted in some of their best work yet. (Although I will say that back in 2011 I wrote ALL of my college applications while listening to their first album ‘Burn This World’).
It’s so cool listening to how they integrate the electronic stuff with their metalcore roots because electronic music actually has a couple similarities with metalcore: the drops in dubstep are like breakdowns and the hardstep part at the start of “Pure Evil” kind of has a blast beat effect similar to what you hear in death metal.
These guys are awesome musicians and it’s clear they have a vision for how they want their music to sound because, depending on the sound they’re going for, they use different electronic styles (techno, dubstep, hardstep, etc).
During some parts they let the electronic elements go off and do their own thing but they always bring them back during key moments and tie them in with a breakdown to make it hit even harder. I also noticed that if you’ve played Doom you’ll hear similarities between its soundtrack and The Browning; “Dragon” could totally be a video game song.
Their music has always had heavy electronic influences but this new album has some subtle changes that help it stand out and make it even better. On ‘Burn This World’ the electronic parts were mostly there to help build up the breakdowns or add in cool fillers, but on ‘Isolation’ it’s more like 40% electronic and 60% metal, which has the overall result of the songs being more solid all the way through and not feeling gimmicky.
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