{"id":3662,"date":"2024-06-06T08:24:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T06:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fold-band.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2024-06-06T08:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T06:26:20","slug":"review-illustrate-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fold-band.com\/?p=3662","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Illustrate Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3662\" class=\"elementor elementor-3662\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-358d8ab8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"358d8ab8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-155b5bd5\" data-id=\"155b5bd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be05172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5be05172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FOLD\u2019s latest album,\u00a0<em>At The End Of The Sun<\/em>, is here to melt your face and mend your broken heart\u2014all in one glorious listen. Released on May 13, this 13-track post-grunge masterpiece pulsates with raw emotion, grazing riffs, rugged drums, and throaty, powerful vocals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the opening track, \u201cPart Of The Left Behind,\u201d FOLD throws down the gauntlet with blazing razor-sharp distorted guitars and drums that hit you like a freight train. Stephan Alt\u2019s vocals are a perfect match for the intensity, growling with a deep assertion that dares you to look away.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cStranded To Fade\u201d showcases FOLD\u2019s dynamic range. The song starts with a deceptively peaceful chiming guitar, quickly overtaken by a pulsating drumbeat that builds the tension. Before you know it, the soothing guitar morphs into a full-blown grunge monster, its rhythmic roar perfectly complementing Alt\u2019s vocals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cDespicable Youth\u201d is placed at the heart of the album, and it begged us for a listen. And so we did, to find Alt\u2019s vibrato energetically tearing through distorted guitars. The guitars churn and rev distortedly like a frustrated engine, giving away the angst and rebellion of the song\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>At The End Of The Sun<\/em>\u00a0culminates hauntingly with its title track. With splashing cymbals, the guitars brood. 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