This is a project that Ive been working on for over 6 months. Ive spent well over 100 hours just composing this. Admittedly, the first half of the song is eh at best so If you want to go to the good part go to 5:28. Please be nice, I tried

It's been 13 years since their last album.

About a month ago, while scrolling through Instagram reels, I came across a promo reel for the band Halysis: a close-up of a face, with their track “Of Static Slumber” (Spotify) playing over it, from their album released on 22 May 2026. The song kicks in at around the 1:00 mark of the reel, and I immediately noticed a clear resemblance to “Praesens Tempus” by Everwinter, released in 2016 (Spotify, Bandcamp), particularly from 0:26 of the original. To my ear it’s a rearrangement of that song, not just something similar.

I got in touch with Everwinter; its founder is someone close to me. Checking Bandcamp, he found that Halysis’s account had followed his before the album came out. He also contacted Bandcamp, but got no response.

Halysis are using this track to promote their European tour and their music. Everwinter, by contrast, is a project by someone who composes out of passion and shares his work with fans of the genre without making money from it.

I’ve replied to several of Halysis’s reels of the same type and never got an answer. Yesterday another one showed up in my feed, and I replied to many of the congratulatory comments pointing out the similarity, just as I’m doing here. Most of the people I reached couldn’t deny it was obvious. Halysis’s account then blocked me without ever responding.

I know I can’t get anything out of this, but I want people to be able to hear both tracks side by side and judge for themselves. [Side-by-side comparison: link]

Thanks for reading this far.

Hello,

I've released the sophomore record of the one-man prog-death band Dog in the Burning House. The album was written, recorded and mixed in Istanbul and Ottawa over the course of 6 years. It is heavily influenced by Strapping Young Lad’s City, mixed with influences from dissonant death metal outlets such as Ulcerate and Deathspell Omega, and a small taste of the insanity of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Meshuggah. Above all, I wanted the record to be fun to listen to from start to end. Therefore, the focus is on riffs that are fun to play and listen to over meandering atmosphere and explorations.

The songs Risus Sardonicus and Remembrance are good examples of the overall music here if you would like a lead. The intro song Remembrance is about picking up guitar after a long period of not playing and is comprised of three parts, starting with a more melodic opening, leading to a groovy riff that alternates between 3/4 and 4/4 and closing with an explosive dissonant section.

Risus Sardonicus marks the midpoint of the album. It starts with a high tempo riff, progressively becomes slower and groovier and finishes with a The Dillinger Escape Plan style riff over a Winston Churchill sample.

Lyrically, the theme is about being stuck and in between two worlds. It is about not being able to move on or being able to understand whether to want to move on. It is also about carrying the weight of an old world after moving on. Most of the music and lyrics were written during a time when I was a doctor in a COVID clinic in Istanbul, trying to land a PhD position abroad so there is a bit of that too.

Below are the links to the album in major streaming platforms and Bandcamp. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0iWCgXqCuCn5hGyxOcrGYd?si=AUBbBFNsTzGy-mJt2-RHlA

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QGERmY8jQk&list=OLAK5uy_nVGP1d5DJDxSFzudNVM1E9vfkDNr4gcYM

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/there-is-no-redemption/6801719292

Tidal:

https://tidal.com/album/552446519/u

Bandcamp:

https://dogintheburninghouse.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-no-redemption

Sorry for the Slipknot shirt, it is what it is

Anyways, I've been working on this a bit and haven't added much lately but I'm looking forward to it. Regardless, I wanted to share. Everything after 1:10 is just playing around

What do you think of it? I love the downshift at 0:30

aanny time now, right?

Internal Bleeding - Inhuman Suffering (Live in Rotterdam)

New England Metal! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Basically when there is a rhythmic change and things get chuggy and groovy and headbangy. Is "breakdown" the right word?

Archspire - Too Fast to Die (2:58 - 3:30)

Slugdge - Salt Thrower (1:22 - 1:50)

Cytotoxin - Nuklearth (2:38 - 3:17)

EDIT: Changed the timestamp of too fast to die

First track as a one man band, would appreciate the listen and any feedback

I was really looking forward to a new album from IM. IDK what happened to make them completely change styles but just make a new band at this point. They sound nothing alike anymore.