The Healing - Elevate

1. First Light

2. Aether Eyes

3. Descend

4. Embers

5. Afterglow

6. Revenent

7. Esoteric

The Healing have released their second album titled "Elevate." This album follows along with the same sound and style the band debuted with on their previous album. These guys have a very progressive metalcore feel on this album and its solid right at the start. These guys have a sound that is closely related to bands like Northlane, Born Of Osiris or Within The Ruins, so if you are into that sort of landscape feeling metalcore, than you could really like this album. They have done a solid job here. When looking at the recording quality of the album, this album has a really top notch sound and quality to it. The album is quite crisp and the tones just grab you. This album also has really decent instrumentation on it. These guys have made sure that the band is doing what the can musically to hit it top notch.  These guys can certainly play. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are not bad either, the singer can for sure scream, and it doesn't sound strained or anything. He can scream while still being pretty clear for the most part, and the backing vocals really nice cleans. With the lyrics, the band is singing about finding the good in things, maximizing every moment, relationships, and many ocean/stars/skies references. A lot of bands use the stars and ocean references in their music, which isn't anything new, but at least the band is trying, and everything else have more of a solid, real feel to it, so we can't really fault them. Not everything can be perfect. If you are looking for a single to this album, there isn't one, so we suggest listening to "Descend" as that is our favourite song on the album, and gives you a good idea of the rest of the album. The Healing have made a solid album here and it really gives the band a more legit, cementing feel to them as it shows they can pull it off more than just the once. We just hope the band gets out there and tours more, as people need to hear this. Solid effort from the guys and we can't wait to see what is next. Give this album a listen to decide for yourself what you think of it.

Genre: Metalcore/Progressive/Deathcore

Release Date: May 15th, 2016

Location: London, Ontario

Label: None

The Healing - Transcendence

1. Observers
2. Continuance
3. Transcendence
4. Presage
5. Tetrahedra

The Healing have released their debut album titled "Transcendence." This album is one that comes from exploration and the passion the band has to be better at their craft. These guys have the same sort of sound as Born Of Osiris or a lot of the bands that Sumerian sign feel to it, so if you are into those kind of bands, then you should like this album. The band has done a pretty solid job on this album. When looking at the recording quality of this album, the album has been recorded fairly well and it has a nice heavy feel to it. The bands instrumentation on the album is decent as well, they can certainly play. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the screamed vocals are pretty decent, he can scream while still be clear and able to understand. The background vocals need a little work, as if to pick one thing out, it would be those to work on. With the lyrics, they are pretty decent here. They have that sort of expansion, metal like, progression touch to them and it really makes you understand just what they are saying. If you are looking for a single to this album, give the title song :Transcendence" your attention as it is the best song on the album and it really gives you the feel of what the band is going for here. The Healing have made a debut sort of welcome to album that is very strong. Most bands don't come straight out of the gate with an album like this. A very solid effort that will really set the band off well. Hopefully the band just keeps doing what they are doing and gets  out there touring so people know them more. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think of it.

Genre: Metalcore/Progressive/Deathcore

Release Date: March 31st, 2014

Location: London, Ontario

Label: None