"Year of the Snake" is Silver Snakes' first full-length in nearly three years, following 2011's "Pictures of a "Floating World" (as well as 2012's "Old Light" single and last year's split EP with Souvenirs and Sundance teaser). Their sophomore effort builds on the promise of those releases, delivering a heavy, uncompromising, metallic post-hardcore/alternative hybrid experimentally touching upon both ends of the rock spectrum, from sludgy forays to acoustic detours and a snarling melodic sensibility spread throughout.