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The Dead Walk the Midwest Wind: I Rose From The Dead - The Man With Fire (EP Review) Released: 2/5/26

 


Emerging from the industrial quiet and Midwest grit of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, I Rose From The Dead have arrived with The Man With Fire, a four-track EP that announces their Horror-Tinged Antifascist Metalcore sound with striking conviction. It's a collision of serrated riffs, dread-soaked atmosphere, and political clarity sharpened to a blade's edge metalcore that doesn't just want to make you move; it wants to make you look directly at the things most people flinch away from. The title track opens the EP like a declaration. "The Man With Fire" establishes everything the band stands for in one concentrated burst of cinematic tension, giving way to collapsing breakdowns, vocals shifting between guttural roars and spoken-word passages that feel like warnings carved into stone. Fascism is rendered as a mythic, shapeshifting monster. Resistance rendered as fire. It's an opening statement that earns its name.

"Ghost On Tape" follows that same antifascist trajectory, maintaining the political sharpness established by the opener. The band doesn't let the intensity drop here; the horror remains a weapon rather than an atmosphere, turned outward toward systems of control and bigotry rather than inward toward unease. Where lesser bands might soften the message between tracks, I Rose From The Dead keep the blade at the same angle. "Paranormal Activity" leans into the band's horror instincts most explicitly, weaponizing fear rather than indulging it. The rhythm section moves with a ritualistic pulse here, grounding chaos in something primal and deliberate. Where other bands use horror as escapism, this track turns it into a spotlight aimed squarely at oppression, every riff feeling like a narrative beat, every moment of silence feeling like the breath before something terrible or transformative.

The EP closes with "American Home Broadcasting System.MP3," a title that alone signals something more pointed and contemporary. It's the sharpest political edge on the record. The horror here isn't supernatural; it's systemic. The .MP3 suffix feels intentional, a nod to how ideology travels, how fear is broadcast, how the monstrous becomes mundane through repetition and transmission.
Taken together, The Man With Fire is a confident and purposeful debut statement. I Rose From The Dead understand that heavy music has always been a refuge for the marginalized and the angry, and they wield that tradition with precision. From the heart of Oshkosh, something powerful has risen.

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