{"id":680502,"date":"2026-07-08T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680502\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:17:12","slug":"arise-from-worms-a-bleeding-tree-hanging-self-destruction-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680502\/","title":{"rendered":"Arise from Worms – A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If unrepentant guitar shredding gets your juices flowing, be warned that Arise from Worms bursts at the seams with face-melting indulgence on A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction. Boasting legends from essential death metal bands, Arise from Worms sports a first-rate, international pedigree. The project\u2019s genesis stems from Sonny Lombardozzi, who seeks to push past genre boundaries in his quest for technical ecstasy. Lombardozzi spent time with Incantation<\/a> from 2017 to 2019, contributing guitars for Profane Nexus, and recruited Morbid Angel<\/a> vocalist Steve Tucker while supporting the Tampa institution on tour. From there, Lombardozzi rounded out the band with first-rate musicians. Cryptopsy\u2018s Flo Mounier bashes skulls and skins with his signature percussive shellacking, and ex-Dream Theater, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen keyboardist Derek Sherinian lends his high-velocity runs and proggy accents. Armed with enough firepower to defend a small nation, does A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction pack enough punch to make our collective worms arise?<\/p>\n

Based solely on the members involved, A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction may not sound like what listeners expect to hear. Though Morbid Angel embodies an apt starting place with their serpentine riffs, Arise from Worms accelerates the speed and jolts guitar tones with a candied DragonForce<\/a> coating. Sherinian\u2019s contributions occasionally skew towards Dream Theater, though A Bleeding Tree requires a darker degree of menace and foreboding. Overall, Arise from Worms sounds a lot like Necrophagist, but with keyboards and a penchant for wankery. And though this comparison isn\u2019t perfect, it gives prospective listeners a point to begin shaping expectations.<\/p>\n

\ufeffA Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction by Arise From Worms<\/a><\/p>\n

Arise from Worms\u2019 performances across A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction doubtlessly spellbind with technicality. Lombardozzi\u2019s masterclass shredding eats up the stage at every turn as he dances up and down the fretboard with enough gusto to make Yngwie blush. From the gratuitous weedlies in \u201cForgotten Kings\u201d to the Annihilator<\/a>-ready precision chugging in \u201cLaolongtou,\u201d Lombardozzi never leaves listeners doubting his greed for speed, whether on guitars or bass (\u201cAxes of the Viovode 2\u201d). In fact, Arise from Worms showcases excellent bassmanship throughout A Bleeding Tree, often shadowing the guitars with rousing plucking and impossibly dextrous burbles. Meanwhile, Mounier discharges an unimpeachable onslaught behind the kit, where furious double bass rolls (\u201cPsionic Being\u201d), jazz-flavored snare and cymbal finesse (\u201cNine Walls\u201d), and tempered beatdowns amidst metronomic grooves (\u201cRaize Demons Breath,\u201d \u201cAxes of the Viovode 1\u201d) epitomize his exacting style and capture what makes him one of my favorite metal drummers. Similarly, Sherinian embeds synth flourishes and eldritch atmospherics to give Arise from Worms ample mystique while loosing dazzling keyboard cascades every now and again (\u201cLaolongtou\u201d). Though not as immediately eye-popping as the instrumentation, Tucker delivers an appropriately monstrous performance on A Bleeding Tree, and if there\u2019s one ingredient Arise from Worms could use more of, it\u2019s Tucker\u2019s vicious vocals.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, despite the wizardry dripping off Arise from Worms\u2019 A Bleeding Tree, insufficient songwriting prevents the technicality from coalescing into fully formed songs. \u201cForgotten Kings\u201d and \u201cAxes of the Viovode 1 & 2\u201d give Tucker just enough of a platform to build towards proper tracks, but after a few listens, A Bleeding Tree loses its allure and leaks its jaw-dropping magic\u2014even at a reasonable thirty-six minutes. More positively, the music sounds great, with Lombardozzi commanding Arise from Worms with frictionless licks and searing speeds. Given the bad reputation technical death metal gets for poor production, I find A Bleeding Tree a step above in this department, where strings, keys, drums, and vocals crash into one another with satisfying zeal while allowing each other plenty of room within the mix.<\/p>\n

As a fan of technical showmanship and a high tolerance for self-indulgent instrumentation, Arise from Worms\u2019 debut leaves me impressed yet mostly unmoved. A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction sounds incredible on paper, and lead single \u201cForgotten Kings\u201d had me convinced that this would be a special album. In the promo materials, Arise from Worms touts breaking new musical ground and pioneering the writing of novel harmonies and time signatures. Yet in reality, A Bleeding Tree often exhibits the technicality of a clinic or workshop while lacking the songwriting cohesion to elevate songs past the surface. In the end, A Bleeding Tree lingers between outstanding performances and an inadequate execution of fulfilling metal songcraft, and while A Bleeding Tree may be worth Hanging around for, Arise for Worms carries more promise than they deliver on their debut.<\/p>\n

Rating: Mixed
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: V0 or ~260 kbps VBR mp3
Label: Church Road Records<\/a>
Websites: Bandcamp<\/a> | Facebook<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: July 10th, 2026<\/p>\n

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