Metal/Review RMNSKI - Ashes (feat. ABZY)

RMNSKI is an alternative metal project built on heavy, guitar-driven energy and a raw emotional core. The sound leans into metalcore and post-hardcore influences, throwing aggressive riffs and harsh vocals against big melodic peaks, catchy hooks, and layered, atmospheric breaks.

With “Ashes,” RMNSKI delivers a blistering metalcore statement that feels both apocalyptic and fiercely alive. Joined by Kuwait-based vocalist ABZY, the producer pushes deep into the genre’s modern evolution — blending punishing breakdowns, atmospheric layering, and emotionally charged melodies in a way that recalls the intensity of Architects and the futuristic edge of Northlane. Yet despite the familiar touchstones, “Ashes” emerges with its own identity: sharp, cinematic, and unflinchingly human.

The track opens in a haze of ambience before dropping into a surge of downtuned guitars and precise, hard-hitting drums. RMNSKI’s production is expansive, sculpting a soundscape where aggression and atmosphere don’t just coexist — they amplify each other. ABZY’s vocal performance is the catalytic force: harsh, urgent screams erupt alongside clean phrases that carry a wounded resilience. Together, they create a dynamic that feels like chaos straining toward clarity.

Lyrically, “Ashes” examines humanity’s capacity for self-destruction — not as a detached concept, but as a wound we keep reopening. Yet beneath the despair lies an ember of hope, a refusal to surrender to the collapse. That tension shapes the heart of the song: it’s dark, but not defeated; heavy, but not hollow.

The chorus soars without losing its grit, offering a moment of uplift within the storm, while the breakdown crashes with controlled ferocity, cathartic rather than merely brutal.

With “Ashes,” RMNSKI and ABZY have crafted a modern metalcore anthem that feels like a reckoning — urgent, atmospheric, and undeniably alive.