Currents was one of those bands where I heard their name every now and then in the metalcore scene, and it sounded like they were a good band but not a big name in the way Architects or Bring Me The Horizon are. One fine day where I was bored enough, I decided to spin their most recent record, The Way It Ends, and I found it quite interesting. The last track, however, took me by surprise and it has become one of my favourite songs of 2020 now.
It's not a big surprise that the main reason this song is so good is because of that insane riff in the verse. I haven't seen a riff this well-crafted in a long while, and it falls into one of my favourite modern metal guitar tropes of "riffs with extremely low chugs and really high notes next to each other". I love the bends, the quick little shred in the middle of it, it's just one of those rare perfect riffs.
The rest of the song is solid too, it's not just the one crazy good guitar riff. The chorus has a great hook, and is one of the better ones of that record. The pre-chorus unclean section is really cool, I love the way the lines are delivered, it has a really unique pattern and rhythm to it. I love the way they have a lot of guitar ambience underlying the whole song throughout, it reminds me a lot of thall and Vildhjarta. The breakdown is also super reminiscent of thall too.
I love how near the end of the song, they overlay the clean chorus and the unclean pre-chorus together, on top of the main riff. The two parts sound really cool together and it makes for a really nice ending, especially when both vocalists sing/scream the last line together. The lyrical content is intriguing too, it seems to be about wasting time waiting for something to happen, which is not a usual theme. It's definitely a powerful sentiment hidden behind those lines, but I don't know if I feel it as much because I don't relate to it.
It's a great track overall, built around a really cool guitar riff but doesn't solely depend on it to be great. I haven't really found myself liking any other song on that record but this song is a standout for sure, both of the band and metalcore in general.
Rating: 4.5/5