Progress is impossible without change. With every passing decade new artists add their own elements to the mix, incorporating an ever growing list of influences. Perths Make Them Suffer have taken this to extremes in more ways than most with their debut Neverbloom, giving a modern take on some established styles and creating whole new worlds in the process.

To be honest when the band started we didnt think a whole lot about it, the sound just evolved. Says vocalist Sean Harmanis modestly. We incorporated a whole lot of black metal influences and we just found a niche we were happy with - all of us are big fans of all that. Combining symphonic elements with metal, is nothing new and its kinda hard to put your finger on, but its the way that we combine them that sets it apart.

And there are plenty of new Make Them Suffer fans out there that tend to agree. When the video for Neverbloom emerged earlier in the year it had already garnered 60, 000 likes within a week, the lyric video for Widower clocking up similar numbers when it emerged weeks later.

Australian bands are getting comments from America and people from Europe saying youve got such a great scene in Australia. He adds enthusiastically. I think its because Parkway Drive have been such an influential band all over Australia and thats where we get the kind of core sound from.

A core sound combined with symphonic and black metal is one thing, but Make Them Suffer have also created a rich visual element to their palette, setting the ball in motion on their debut EP Lord Of Woe which has found its way onto Neverbloom.

Theres always been the character - the Lord Of Woe - and Neverbloom is just expanding on that and introducing some new characters. I love that escapism and mythical kind of stuff. Neverbloom is about the Lord Of Woe - he used to weave dreams with Morrow (a central character introduced on the album) through the forest and Morrow left him so the forest is dying and hes just going to wait there until it grows back. So there are some songs about the present world and then some songs that are way more conceptual. I used to play World of Warcraft and Diablo III, so I definitely love that whole theme of this entirely separate world.

Make Them Suffer recently revealed the official lyric video for ‘Morrow’. Check it out!

Neverbloom is available now through Roadrunner Records.