Album Reviews

Francis Mark helped shape the melodic metalcore movement with From Autumn To Ashes, let his 90s emo spirit run free in his side-project Biology and now it’s time for him to tap into yet another part of his musical personality. Warship plays the kind of music that you’d expect to hear on a Hydra Head release… it’s gritty and atmospheric, the guitars are pitch black and Mark gets to vent all his cropped up frustrations. Along with fellow FATA member Rob Lauritsen, Mark pounds out 10 songs that are either atmospheric or furious, yet always dark and disturbing. “Wounded Paw” even combines the two, starting off in a brooding way before exploding in a torrent of wretched guitars and howling vocals. It’s a moody and fierce album that’s worth hearing but it’s not perfect. Things do tend to sound alike after a couple of tracks. But overall “Suplly And Depend” is a solid debut that gets a thumb and a half up.