Based out of Woking in the UK, Employed to Serve started life as a two-piece studio project but when their first two (digitally released) EPs proved more successful than expected, vocalist Justine Jones and guitarist Sammy Urwin recruited three additional members to form a fearsome live act. Their grind-influenced post hardcore takes no prisoners, as illustrated by the vicious tracks on their excellent sophomore album ‘The Warmth of a Dying Sun’ (2017). An instant classic, the album is a well-worked, haunting slab of metalcore. If the world is going to hell then Justine’s tormented vocals and the hardcore chaos on this CD are the perfect soundtrack. 2019’s ‘Eternal Forward Motion’ is characterised by groove and nu-metal influences; ‘Conquering’ (2021) marks a confident next step in their evolution with nods to old-school thrash, death metal and more. #GMM25
