Denial Of Life Witness The Power Review
Denial Of Life
Witness The Power
Creator-Destructor Records
2025
I don’t get too many “what the fuck just happened?” moments these days when I hit play on something new, but I damn sure had one when I fired up “Witness The Power”, the latest EP from Tacoma, Washington’s own Denial Of Life.
I’m somewhere between speechless and fired the hell up. Not in any weird way, more like I just stumbled across the missing evolutionary link in Heavy Metal. What Denial Of Life unleashes here is a molten fusion of Crossover Thrash, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, and pure, unfiltered hostility, all wrapped inside a razor-sharp production job.
Yeah, the band is female-fronted, not that it should matter, but in a male-dominated Metal world, it’s always refreshing when a woman steps up and delivers a vocal beating most dudes couldn’t dream of. And Brenna Gowin doesn’t just deliver… she detonates. Zero restraint. Zero mercy.
This isn’t music for the Polo-shirted crowd sipping craft seltzers and philosophizing about life. This is for the battle-vest lifers, the ones who’d rather get their faces split open in the pit than spend a second listening to someone’s TED Talk. And while you might assume this thing rips by at warp speed, it doesn’t. The band moves with mid-tempo, bulldozer confidence, grinding forward with a deliberate heaviness that makes it hit even harder. Brenna’s vocal cadence channels that old-school Death Angel/Slayer sense of rhythmic attack - sharp, venomous, and commanding.
Musically, “Witness The Power” is one of the best-recorded EPs I’ve heard from an up-and-coming band still clawing their way through the trenches. They may only have one album behind them, but you’d never know it, these tracks are crafted with the skill of veterans. Massive riffs and a rhythm section that sounds like it was forged in a steel mill form the backbone of a release that could easily go down as one of this year’s strongest.
And speaking of the year, as we barrel toward the finish line, plenty of labels are dumping forgettable leftovers just to clear their books. Denial Of Life is NOT one of those cases. This is the real deal. Easily one of the best bands I’ve heard all year, and honestly, I’ve been waiting for a band like this.
Standout Tracks – The ENTIRE EP! But if you’re looking for an earworm or 2 don’t miss out on “Love Sting” and “Sword Of Fire”.