Charismatic Leaders

by Wheel

Charismatic Leaders cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 May 2024
  • Label: InsideOut
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 47:21
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Helsinki-based progressive metal outfit delivers their most aggressive and politically pointed album to date. 'Charismatic Leaders' utilizes complex, djent-inspired polyrhythms and heavy, melancholic riffing to frame their angry critiques of modern political demagoguery and media manipulation.

Genres

Descriptors: political, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures, atmospheric, dynamic

Tracklist

  1. Empire (4:20)
  2. Porcelain (7:12)
  3. Submission (10:46)
  4. Saboteur (9:01)
  5. Disciple (4:12)
  6. Caught in the Afterglow (1:12)
  7. The Freeze (10:35)

Credits

  • Wheel - primary artist, licensor
  • Santeri Saksala - drums
  • Jussi Turunen - lead guitar
  • James Lascelles - vocals, guitar

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