Artist: Infected Rain 
Title: Time 
Label: Napalm Records 
Cat #: NPR1247DGS
Release Year: 2024
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak

Time is the sixth full-length studio album from the Moldovan metal band Infected Rain.

Infected Rain exercises their trademarks with Time, tastefully accenting the introspective musical journey with effectively placed progressive, electronic and even nu-metal features amid ethereal passages. First track “Because i Let You” bursts in with undeniable energy, boasting aggressive lyrics and Lena Scissorhands’ swift, menacing delivery. Previously released first single “Dying Light” marches with subterranean heaviness and rhythmic grooves beneath eerie vocals and keys, and even snaps into an EDM passage, showcasing the dynamic delivery of the band in 2024. “Never To Return” flirts with trip-hop elements and Far Eastern instrumentation before the melodic ode to self-empowerment “Lighthouse” crashes in to juxtapose soft verses and intense auditory shifts. Album standout and djent driven “Vivarium” warns of society’s fickle freedoms as Lena Scissorhands delivers some of the album’s most hair-raising screams amid a haunting, ominous atmosphere, while fast-paced burners like “The Answer In You” and “Enmity” flash between various EDM, synth-wave and even drum and bass brushed transits amid bludgeoning rhythms. Intense “Game Of Blame” explores themes of hypocrisy and emotional pain delved out by those we love while boasting one of the album’s most searing breakdowns, while tracks like “Pandemonium” and “Unpredictable” detail the uncontrollable energy of the future and past, respectively - boasting lofty, angelic verses with hard-hitting guitars and punching drums. Italian/English-language journey “Paura” closes out the album with a path to self-discovery - beckoning the listener to understand that we limit ourselves with our own fears, and must harness the pain to overcome. TIME ends in a calm state with ambient finisher “A Second or A Thousand Years” - drawing the curtains closed on yet another fantastic, experimental expedition by rising stars Infected Rain.

Recommended if you like Jinjer, Eluveitie, Butcher Babies, Amaranthe, Ad Infinitum, The Agonist, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil 

Track Listing:

1. Because I Let You
2. Dying Light
3. Never To Return
4. Lighthouse
5. The Answer Is You
6. Vivarium
7. Pandemonium
8. Enmity
9. Unpredictable
10. Game Of Blame
11. Paura
12. A Second Or A Thousand Years