Currents

Currents is an uncompromising American death metal-forward metalcore unit based out of Connecticut that emerged in 2017 with the blistering, djent-fueled The Place I Feel Safest. They continued to push against the boundaries of progressive metalcore on subsequent albums The Way It Ends and The Death We Seek. Currents began operations in 2011 and spent the next few years finding their voice, eventually settling on a crew that included Brian Wille (vocals), Jeff Brown (drums), Chris Wiseman (guitar), Ryan Castaldi (guitar), and Dee Cronkite (bass). Drawing inspiration from bands like Meshuggah, Architects, and Structures, the newly minted five-piece issued a pair of independent EPs (2013′s Victimized and 2015′s Life//Lost), and then spent two years piecing together and honing the material that would make up their debut album. The resulting The Place I Feel Safest arrived in 2017 on SharpTone Records, with an EP, I Let the Devil In, appearing one year later. In early 2020, Currents began issuing singles, including the punishing “Poverty of Self,” ahead of the release of their sophomore effort. The Way It Ends, which featured a revised lineup consisting of Wille, Wiseman, Castaldi, Chris Pulgarin (bass), and Matt Young (drums), arrived later that June, with an instrumental version appearing the following year. 2023′s “Remember Me,” a potent and hard-hitting song detailing the struggles of maintaining relationships in the social media age, served as the lead single on the group’s third full-length outing, The Death We Seek. ~ James Christopher Monger