Sentient

“ Fresh off the back of a slot at Castlefest recently, Herts-based heavy spaghetti tech metal newcomers SENTIENT clearly got the memo that everyone was bringing their A game tonight. For a band who have been together less than a year, they come across as the sort of guys who literally do this with their eyes shut. Smashing their way into set opener ‘Hexes’ they play more notes in 5 seconds than some bands play in entire songs and barely break a sweat! Particularly noteworthy are JB Burton’s vocals – not only are they nicely balanced within the mix, the clarity and general ease at which he throws his voice all over the place is excellent. The reality of this gig is never more evident than when JB advertises the various free CD’s and cheap t-shirts they have for sale and less than a second later they seamlessly tear into what is nothing short of some high-quality technical metal. And I don’t use that term sparingly, these guys are completely on point.”