Polaris

To celebrate the release of their debut full length album titled The Mortal Coil, today's blog post is over Polaris! Australian metalcore has been a reoccurring theme for this blog, mainly because it seems that Australia knows how to do metal properly, and Polaris is no different from that trend! Polaris was formed in 2012, releasing their first EP in 2013, their second EP in 2016, and now their first full length yesterday! The first two EPs were self released, but they caught the eye of Resist Records after the release of their last EP and signed with them just earlier this year. They're also signed to Sharptone Records in the U.S. and U.K. which is also the record label for big name bands such as Miss May I, We Came as Romans, and Emmure, just to name a few. Previously, Polaris has been very popular for their high octane, high energy onstage performances which has been what has catapulted them to the following that they have today. They've toured with some big name bands such as Parkway Drive, Periphery, and are even currently touring the U.K. with Emmure and Chelsea Grin. So the fact that they've caught the eyes of all these big name bands and a big name record label with just releasing 2 EPs previously, that says a lot about these guys are and the places that they'll go.

Another trend that they follow that's been another reoccurring theme is they're another progressive band. What makes them different though? Well, I wouldn't really say that progressive is their main focus, but they definitely infuse a lot of progressive metal melodies and grooves in some of their music. They do an excellent job of mixing those progressive metal grooves in with some fast paced and heavy hitting metalcore. It's honestly tough for me to pick on the question of if they're heavier than Erra because Erra is definitely still heavy but these guys really remind me of an early era of Erra. I do think that Polaris is a little faster paced though which is excellent because the faster the tempo the better, in my opinion anyways. Regardless though, Polaris is a very young band that's gotten quite the following in just the few years of their activity, so you better keep them on your radar of breakthrough bands because I guarantee they're going to be playing a lot more headlining shows in the years to come!


Here's The Remedy, one of the singles Polaris released for their brand new album that's out now!