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The Hopewell Furnace – 1877 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 15:43 minutes | 356 MB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Hopewell Furnace
1877 is a year buried in the midst of some of the United States’ most tumultuous and formative years. While a lot happened (I invite you to peruse the Wikipedia Page at your leisure), one event is crucial for the understanding of the concept underlying the conceptual EP by Pennsylvanian technical Deathcore outfit, The Hopewell Furnace. In late June—around the time you’re reading this, hopefully—ten men of Irish heritage were hanged on “The Day Of the Rope” for their purported connection with a vigilante outfit, The Molly Maguires. More information can be gleaned from 1877, or from The Internet (see the aforementioned wiki) on your time, but that event serves as the conceptual foundation and aesthetic basis for the long awaited release by this crushing quartet. What else do you need to know? Read on—because 1877 is a dense and devastating release packed with technicality, brutality and atmosphere aplenty.
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