Review: Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise (2026)
On Circadian Promise, Fires in the Distance change both the human and sampled voices at the center of their melodic death-doom. Brendan Hayter brings clean singing into the band, while...
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On Circadian Promise, Fires in the Distance change both the human and sampled voices at the center of their melodic death-doom. Brendan Hayter brings clean singing into the band, while...
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