{"id":665146,"date":"2026-05-12T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665146\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:20:09","slug":"frozen-soul-no-place-of-warmth-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665146\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Texan five-banger Frozen Soul crept into my promo pile back in 2021 with their glacially imposing Crypt of Ice<\/a>. Unfortunately, I missed covering the improved follow-up Glacial Domination<\/a> properly, relegating it to a Filter blurb instead. But that\u2019s no excuse for Century Media to withhold No Place of Warmth from me when it was time. No matter, because Frozen Soul deserve a full-bodied tongue bath from this hot-blooded sponge, and I intend to give it with great relish.<\/p>\n

The Frozen Soul formula carries over into No Place of Warmth, but evolves incrementally just as Glacial Domination did three years prior. As these homo glaciali continue their ascent into a full upright stance, their Bolt Thrower-meets-Sanguisugabogg<\/a>-meets-Rotpit<\/a> riff orgy enters a new realm of ferocity, carrying a murderous momentum and relentless grooves across a dick-skin-tight 35 minutes. Vocalist Chad Green puts down a vicious performance of caveman roars, rancid rasps, and infectious barks. Matt Dennard pounds the mammoth skins with a single-minded bludgeoning that oozes blood, pus, and attitude. Bassist Samantha Mobley, always rumbling beneath these well-tread tundras, anchors the affair in muscular heft and scalpel precision (though the unforgiving compression in the mix makes her great work difficult to make out in many listening environments). Most importantly, however, are guitarists Chris Bonner\u2019s and Michael Munday\u2019s unflappable riffs and infectious hooks. Familiar perhaps to a fault but nonetheless brutally effective, Frozen Soul\u2019s guitar work crests a summit on No Place of Warmth, generating heaps of energy with minimal tooling and using it to slam skulls into each other with devastating impact.<\/p>\n

No Place Of Warmth (24-bit HD audio) by Frozen Soul<\/a><\/p>\n

What more could you ask for in a stripped-down, meat-and-potatoes death metal record? A better mix, sure, but not much else. \u201cInvoke War (ft. Machine Head<\/a>)\u201d brings Bolt Thrower aggression, anvils, and icepicks to my cranium with cold prejudice, leaving me a drooling mess whose only joy in life demands MOAR RIFFS. Thankfully, the slamtastic \u201cAbsolute Zero,\u201d \u201cDreadnought (ft. Sanguisugabogg),\u201d and \u201cSkinned by the Wind,\u201d along with mid-paced stompers \u201cChaos Will Reign,\u201d \u201cDEATHWEAVER,\u201d and \u201cFrost Forged\u201d shoot overdoses of riff-laced adrenaline directly into my veins, reducing me to animalistic mindlessness. As that progresses, the urge to zoom becomes a new inconvenience in daily life, but Frozen Soul prepared for that. Rippers \u201cNo Place of Warmth (ft. Gerard Way),\u201d \u201cEyes of Despair,\u201d \u201cEthereal Dreams,\u201d and \u201cKillin Time (Until It\u2019s Time to Kill)\u201d roar and rage through flesh and bone with sleazy grooves that fit right at home at any local bar brawl, giving my overflowing energy reserves an outlet through fist and boot.<\/p>\n

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You might notice a rare occurrence in the preceding paragraph: I highlighted every song on No Place of Warmth to extol their virtues. This was no accident, as every track has something memorable and engaging to take away, but No Place of Warmth isn\u2019t perfect. As mentioned earlier, No Place of Warmth is crushed pretty heavily. Consequently, Samantha\u2019s bass struggles for audibility\u2014despite offering ample textural heft\u2014behind chunky guitars and ferocious roars. With a little less compression and a few tweaks to instrumental positioning, her input would be heard more fully and thereby make even greater impact. Additionally, Matt Dennard\u2019s bass kick feels a bit plastic, creating a bit of tactile unpleasantness during initial spins. In other areas, the album\u2019s various guest spots don\u2019t stand out as distinctly as a guest spot should. It took a few spins to nail down Machine Head\u2019s contributions to \u201cInvoke War,\u201d especially, and Gerard Way\u2019s unexpected blackened rasps deserve greater presence, too. I still can\u2019t confidently pick out Sanguisugabogg in \u201cDreadnought,\u201d though it is a killer tune. As a criticism, this mostly points to a thoughtfulness in features that Frozen Soul neglected, but that they might easily rectify with more intentional writing that gives those features more significance and definition going forward.<\/p>\n

All told, No Place of Warmth is more than just rock-solid Bolt Thrower worship. It is a consistently entertaining record tailor-made to ensure gains in the gym, incite massive mosh pits in any given venue, and cause spinal trauma to any receptive passers-by. It\u2019s nothing new, and nothing groundbreaking, but its tectonic grooves and boundless vitality crack the crust regardless. Should you be in need of more quality death metal this year\u2014and we all know you can never have too much\u2014No Place of Warmth is a worthy part of a balanced breakfast rotation.<\/p>\n

Rating: Very Good!
DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: PCM
Label: Century Media Records<\/a>
Websites: Bandcamp<\/a> | Official<\/a> | Facebook<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: May 8th, 2026<\/p>\n

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