heavy-metal-darkness: Coroner | Dissonance Theory

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Coroner | Dissonance Theory | Century Media Records

Release Date: October 17^th, 2025

Format: CD/Mediabook CD/LP/Digital

Genre: Progressive/Thrash Metal

Country: Switzerland

Coroner has a long history in European metal, a history built on fast hands, twisted rhythms, and an attitude that shaped technical thrash before most bands knew where to start. Formed in the mid eighties in Zürich, the trio pushed heavy music into strange corners with albums that listeners still talk about today. After decades of silence, “Dissonance Theory” arrives through Century Media Records, showing a band that stayed hungry and never dulled its edge.

The new album moves with a steady pulse and a cool precision that suits Coroner’s style. The songs have a forward pull, the riffs turn tight circles, and the rhythm section locks in with a kind of cold fire. Tommy Vetterli’s guitar work has a clear character, bending lines and patterns in ways that keep the album lively from start to finish. Ron Broder delivers vocals with grit, and his bass work meshes tightly with Diego Rapacchietti’s drumming, creating a tough frame for the shifting guitar lines. Nothing drifts or fades, everything stays firm and intentional.

“Renewal” and “Symmetry” present the album’s approach well, with sharp structures and a darker atmosphere running through them. The writing plays with tension, breaking patterns and rebuilding them in ways that hold attention without sliding into chaos. The mix by Jens Bogren helps every detail land with strength, giving the album a modern punch while respecting the band’s rawer roots. There is a strong flow across the whole release, the kind that keeps the listener grounded while the band twists the musical path under their feet.

“Dissonance Theory” works as a powerful return, the sort of comeback that sounds like the band never left the studio at all. It has the focus of seasoned musicians who know their craft inside out and the spark of artists who still push forward. For metal listeners who grew up on Coroner or listeners discovering them for the first time, this album stands tall among 2025 releases and could easily be the album of the year. The limited mediabook CD has extra CD the cult 1986 demo "Death Cult" with Tom G. Warrior on vocals.

Score: 9.5