Syncolima
Title: Move Mountains Label: Independent
Release Date: 5th September 2025
Syncolima erupts back onto the scene, drenched in distortion and scorched in fuzz. Their latest album snarls with low-end thunder, spilling raw truths scratched into every riff and an unflinching dive into modern chaos, unapologetic and unfiltered.
It opens with the defiant “Gluten Free Toast,” a blistering critique of a fractured nation?
This track doesn’t hold back it seethes, it stomps, and it howls with fury loud enough to rattle even the most delicate ears.
The second track, “Mistakes Were Made, might’ve taken a minute to earn its stripes, but once it kicks in, it’s all fire and feedback. Blistering riffs and doom-heavy swagger make this one a gritty delight, ugly, loud, and weirdly addictive.
“Shipwrecked” doesn’t just play it prowls. The lyrics drag you down as the vessel splinters, and from the wreckage comes a sound that’s anything but safe. Menace bleeds from every riff, each note a warning shot. This one and the blistering opener kept pulling me under from the first spin
Then comes the pièce de résistance: “Black Dog And The Bleak Sky.” It doesn’t just stand out, it towers. Heroic in scope, feral in spirit, it drags you through the dirt and lifts you to the clouds in the same breath. The lyrics cut deep, gnawing at the bones of despair while roaring with defiance. This isn’t just a song, it’s the band’s war cry. Their most savage, most addictive anthem to date.
You can’t help but smile at “Kill All The Billionaires,” which hits like a sledgehammer to the system. Maybe it’s time for a root-and-branch razing of the old guard in Westminster? Josh Morgan spits razor-sharp lyrics with venom and vision, his lead guitar slicing through the noise.
Stoff’s thundering bass and Harry Redfern’s pounding rhythms turn this into more than a song it’s a full-throttle takedown wrapped in groove and grit.
Ouroboros” drifts in like stardust over a dying sun, weightless, haunted, infinite, is not just growth, it’s eruption. Stoner dust and grunge grit collide with echoes of the cosmic.
The title track doesn’t just hit it annihilates. Like a freight train rigged with explosives, it screams through the soundscape leaving scorched earth in its wake. That roar? It’s not human. It’s primal. A beast foaming at the mouth, rabid with rage and ripped from its cage. This isn’t just crowd-pleaser territory it’s pit warfare. Bodies will fly, amps will bleed, and the only rule is survive the chaos.
The final blow“ The House We Build” ends the album not with a whimper, but with a monolithic roar. Another slab of meaty, doomtastic riffage slams through the speakers, dragging the listener down for one last glorious reckoning. Brick by brick, riff by crushing riff, Syncolima lay the foundation of their legacy, unshakable, unforgiving, and unmistakably among the Midlands’ finest.
"Move Mountains" isn’t just heavy it’s hostile terrain. From the opening riff to the final fade-out, it snarls with intent, dragging the listener through sludge-thick grooves and riffs sharp enough to draw blood. It’s an album born in unrest, dangerous times, unfiltered, and seething with lyrical angst. Each track feels like a battle cry from the underground, where stoner haze meets grunge abrasion and the power of the riff reigns without mercy. There’s no hand holding here.
Just distortion, defiance, and the glorious sound of the walls closing in.
NB:I don’t do many album reviews like I used to. Its a time issue these days.
But I made time, and so glad I did. Having reviewed the bands previous work.
This album? It’s Pure fire from start to finish. I simply can’t rate it high enough and hope the big magazines pick this work of art up!
Review: Seb Di Gatto Score: 9/10 (Really 10 but we want more!!)
Reviewed: 22/06/2025
Track listing:
1.Gluten Free Toast
2.Mistakes Were Made
3.Shipwrecked
4.Black Dog And The Bleak Sky
5.Kill All The Billionaires
6.Ouroboros
7.Move Mountains
8.The House We Build
Syncolima are:
Josh Morgan - Guitar / Vocals
Harry Redfern - Drums
Stoff - Bass
Bookings
kris@mangatamusic.co.uk
