Hereafter — U.S.O CD

Band: Hereafter
Title: U.S.O 
Label: Noisemongers Records, Witchhunter Productions (Thailand)
Catalog Number: NOIS34
Format: Full-Length Album, CD, Jewel Case
Date: July 2024
Country: Shah Alam, Malaysia
Genre / Style: Thrash Metal
Streaming Link: Bandcamp
For Fans Of: Megadeth, Voivod, Anacrusis, Helloween

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Evil machines, welcome to the extinction. Surrender for grace, in the fathomless depths of Astrobase!

Hereafter's U.S.O. (Unidentified Submerged Objects) is the fourth album, totaling 35:17 minutes, collaboration-released by Hereafter, Noisemongers Records & Witchhunter Productions. Aggressive, furious, rapid-fire riffing, energetic, badass and a hint of progressive-technical tracks with their usual speculative science fiction, existential threat and apocalypse theme. The cover art was done by Cutting Edge Metal and of an ancient pyramid surrounded by submerged creatures (with blue-green colors) conveys the darkness of the trope. 

This time around, they'd take your consciousness into the lowest depth of the abyss, the bottomless mysterious ocean of coldness, idle blue, darkness, despicable evil mankind, carcinogenic wrath, toxic war within dark mind, hopelessness, despair and isolation. The narrative explores the concept of alien entities emerging from the ocean depths, posing a significant threat to humanity.

Throughout the album, the productions (Helios Studio) are expectedly delivered full of sonical soundscapes, skillful running bass complementing guitar shredding, dissonant thrashy riffs — occasionally unconventional atonal chords, and furious progressive drumming, immortal effects & arrangement. The outcome is tremendous! A masterpiece! The album ends with a track of a chaotic, comical, sing-along hardcore-punk song, which is an odd trademark by the band, as this kind of comic will appear in all of their albums. 

This album might get the attention of fans of Megadeth, Voivod, Anacrusis, Helloween and maybe Nocturnus. You should see them live once in your lifetime! Buy this album before it is out of print; you'll be living in eternal regret if you miss it.

Track Listing

Guitar, Vocals – Redza
Bass, Backing Vocals – Haidir
Drums, Backing Vocals – Tajul
Artwork – Cutting Edge Metal
Layout – Kerp Fish (TJ Rameli —Ibnu Rizzla, Speedwitches)
Recorded, mixed and mastered – Helios Studios (Auks de Nekrademus —Sick Society)