ALBUM REVIEW: SEVEN BLOOD - LIFE IS JUST A PHASE (21/11/25)

There is something genuinely impressive about Seven Blood’s debut album, Life Is Just a Phase. For a band that have only been together a couple of years, you might expect flashes of brilliance wrapped in the rough edges of a group still figuring out who they are. Instead, Seven Blood arrive with a record that feels fully formed: cohesive, confident, and bold in its willingness to stretch the edges of modern rock and metalcore.

It’s rare for a first full-length to arrive sounding this assured, this consistent, and this emotionally lived-in. But then again, this album came out of real turmoil, shared breakdowns, and the kind of life detours that leave lasting scars.

From the very start, SEVEN BLOOD make it clear they’re not here to play it safe. Inspired by Bring Me The Horizon, Architects, and Paramore, their sound sits somewhere between modern metal, emotional hardcore, and atmospheric alternative rock, blending thick basslines, strong guitar riffs, synths textures, and the powerhouse presence of vocalist Azaria Nasiri, who delivers both the softness and the storm in equal measure.

The opening track, ‘House ≠ Home,’ sets the emotional tone immediately. It’s heavy, melodic, and painfully honest. ‘Cold Eyes’ follows with a punch to the gut, building on the album’s themes of clarity and breaking free. Blunt and raw, it’s a perfect reminder of why this band has connected so quickly with fans, and arguably our favourite track of the album.

The following tracks ‘No Breakout’ and ‘Monsters’ show how effortlessly Seven Blood blend aggression with melody. The riffs are thick, the screams cut deep, and everything folds together perfectly. ‘Monsters,’ especially, captures that atmosphere the band seems to thrive in: dark, emotional, and strangely beautiful.

Then there are the songs that expand the album's emotional range. ‘Hourglass’ leans into more electronic textures whilst ‘Killing From The Inside’ hits with a different kind of heaviness, more introspective, more psychological, with a faster tempo than previous tracks.

‘To The Unknown’ is one of the album’s standout moments. It starts off mysterious and haunting, then explodes into a cathartic release, in what feels like a signature move from the band.

On the final stretch, ‘Not Your Misery,’ ‘As We Bleed,’ and ‘Strangers’ continue to show the band’s ability to move between electronic elements, heaviness, and beautiful melodic hooks. ‘Strangers’ slows things down in a way that feels almost cinematic, balancing between heartbreak and liberation.

The closing track, ‘Fall From The Sky,’ feels like the emotional landing the album needed. The instrumentation pulls back just enough to let Nasiri shine, and it closes the record with a sense of closure, gentle, but still carrying the bruises of everything that came before.

Life Is Just A Phase is impressive debut from a band who already know who they are and what they have to say. The German quartet are already carving out space for themselves: loudly, defiantly, and with a lot of heart. After hearing this album, it’s hard not to feel like this is just the first step in something much bigger. SEVEN BLOOD are on their way up - fast - and Life Is Just A Phase is an opening chapter worth celebrating.