Thrownness – Marrow Part II: A Fire Through the Ether (EP)
Release Date: 4th May 2026
Label: Raging Planet Records
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Genre: Post-Metal, Sludge.
FFO: Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Amenra.
Review By: Paul Cairney
Marrow II – A Fire Through the Ether is the 2nd EP from Lisbon based Post-Metal outfit, Thrownness. As you may gather, this is the follow up to 2024’s ‘Marrow’ EP, but to be perfectly blunt, Marrow II is streets ahead from its predecessor.
This difference can be perhaps put down to the line-up changes, with main man Kévin Guimet appearing to be the only surviving member. The difference between the Marrow’s is tangible. Where ‘Marrow’ is dank and dirty, it lacks the polished heaviness that Marrow II provides. With the whole band being involved in the writing process, there are more ideas on offer, the riffage is bigger and the whole EP seems more expansive.
Being an EP, there are only 3 tracks on offer, but each one contains enough ideas to fill the 32 minute run-time. Opening track, ‘Atone into Rage’ has hints of Scottish post-metal band ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’, with its slow intro and tortured vocals, before the big riffs kick in. The atmosphere created could be cut with a knife, and would bleed iron.
‘Coil Welder’ follows and the power is immediate. Guttural screams dominate the first 30 seconds or so, before the band takes over and drags you into their dissonant structured world. It is excellent.
Final track, ‘White Wind is the shortest’, but it does not suffer for it. Restrained discordant riffs introduce the song, lulling you into a false sense of security before Thrownness decide to give you a bit a slap. The change of pace for half the song is disconcerting until the blows up more than halfway through its run-time. A brave move by the Portuguese boys, but with the payload at the end, it is worth it.
Marrow II is a superb listen. Immersive and daring, it has all you need for a post-metal EP. It challenges you, yet it welcomes you like a long-lost friend. Thrownness have set themselves a challenge for their next release – how do they progress from this?
(4.5 / 5)
