source	creator	size
metal hammer	james holton	08

 

 

'refining the theory' is a six track, forty-seven minute minute mini-album from a band with all the creative vision of deftones, korn and, to a larger extent, tool. crucially, miocene have that element all of their own, that little something that could only come from the rain drenched streets of england.

 

there's a lot more than just a testosterone driven rush here,and 'refining...'s progressive colouring provides ample evidence of something to hang on to well after the first encounter.

miocene are proving that you can indeed play with heaviness and still present something that has substance.

 

their tracks breathe, each one a tiny epic; 'shine' opening a whole trunk of possibilities with it's slow burning intensity. of course, there's more than enough brutality in here; miocene are a metal band. but this is future metal - the start of something potentially special.