Month: August 2014

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Soulnerve – The Dying Light

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 If melodic thrash metal wasn’t a thing before it certainly is now. Best part about how Soulnerve has created this new combo genre is that I thought that the thrash would be good because I love thrash metal, but I’m usually not amazed by melodic metal but when Soulnerve combined the two. . . my brain. . . melted. It sounded so good. I just cannot tell you how fucking good it sounds! I’m just really sad now because you can’t buy it off of iTunes or listen to it on Spotify, and I’m very tempted to buy the CD copy from the band’s … Continue reading Soulnerve – The Dying Light

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Free Ride – Venture

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 When I was told about Free Ride and their first full length “Venture”, I was also told that the band was from Croatia. The guy who suggested Free Ride asked me to do this because he thought that the band was very good and deserved more promotion since Croatia is a small country and not many people are easily informed of Croatian bands, and I was happy to help. I was even more happy to help when I heard “Venture”. The album has a really solid sound to it as metalcore with the vocals doing very well with different pitches … Continue reading Free Ride – Venture

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Digitalife – Nemesis

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 Despite all the song names being in English all the songs are sung in Spanish. At least I think it’s Spanish. But there’s nothing wrong with that; I’ve done reviews for albums that were 100% Spanish. So unfortunately I can’t take the lyrics themselves as a factor for this review (since I can’t understand them) but I can take the tone of the vocals instead which works just as well. While everything about this album definitely falls under the metalcore genre including the vocals, guitars, drums, and tone of the vocals, there was also a noticeable techno influence. Now I … Continue reading Digitalife – Nemesis

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Interview with A Breach of Silence’s Mat Cosgrove

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First off, let me thank you and A Breach of Silence for taking time to read all these questions. Love the work so this is a real honor.   “The Darkest Road” was a fucking great album especially the tone and direction you took it. How did you guys come up with that? What is the story behind that? Thank you.   The tone was something we learnt off the first album.   We had a very good idea what amps and other gear we wanted to use to achieve the tone we wanted.  That being an EVH 111 used as the … Continue reading Interview with A Breach of Silence’s Mat Cosgrove

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Cries of the Captive – Imperialist

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 With “Imperialist” being Cries of the Captive’s debut EP I imagined that the album wouldn’t be much and they it could use improvements. I was half right, and that implies that I was also half wrong. I was right because the band could use a few minor improvements and I was wrong because the album was definitely something and not an album to be taken lightly especially as a debut. “Imperialist” was certainly a raw album and probably the most raw that I’ve heard since Wretched’s “Cannibal”. Everything was loud and absolutely hardcore with unrelenting pace and speed. Anyone who … Continue reading Cries of the Captive – Imperialist

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Get Stoked – Washington Street

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 This album was classified as “pop rock” but. . . eh. . . sounds like normal rock n roll if you ask me, but I’m not the one who came up with the genre names so whatever. “Washington Street” is an album that all the casual rock lovers will like I’ve no doubt and it’s a nice switch for someone like me who listens to metalcore, death metal, nu metal, and thrash metal on an almost 24/7 basis. The album is a smooth piece of work that has a really nice sound to it that can be listened to in … Continue reading Get Stoked – Washington Street

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Diet – Palindrome

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 “Palindrome” was an overall smooth album that was certainly alternative and certainly grunge at times. Diet manages to have a good mix of guitars, vocals, and drums that can pull off a nice flowing song that if I were to play it it would be on a calm drive or when I just wanna kick back and relax with some soft music. The vocals were smooth and had a calming sound to them that I’m sure most anyone could listen to any day unless they’re not into this sort of music. The guitars have good rhythm and pace throughout the … Continue reading Diet – Palindrome

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Provoke, Destroy – Vulture

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 “Vulture” is a nice album that is more post-hardcore than metalcore in my opinion but there is a subtle influence of metalcore in the songs and that gives them a nice sound that a lot of people can enjoy. The album was probably the heaviest at “Li(f)e Support” which was my favorite track because it was done really really well. Throughout all the songs the vocals went from a real nice post-hardcore metal voice to another that are very common among metalcore that if you listen to it enough you should know what I’m talking about (there’s nothing wrong with … Continue reading Provoke, Destroy – Vulture

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Consumption – Induction (single)

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 Much as Consumption’s last album “Incredulous Dillusions” their new single “Induction” is very raw and absolutely on the harsher end of death/metal-core music by far. Thankfully, the YouTube video for this is a lyric video so you can keep up with the song because you’d be hard pressed to even know what the vocalist is saying most of the time. Everything about the single is fast paced straight from the beginning and I’ve no doubt hardcore fans of the band will absolutely love it. I also know that there will also be a lot of people bitching about the style … Continue reading Consumption – Induction (single)

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Ceiling of Anvers – We All Live In Balance

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 “We All Live In Balance” is an energetic and pretty hardcore piece of metal that has a constant energy that doesn’t let up no matter what and that keeps the album going and anyone listening interesting. The vocals convey a very angry and strained tone of voice along with lyrics that back up their sound and they go along very well with the guitars that are quite heavy and have a solid rhythm the entire time and also do very well in the instrumental song “Circles”. And the drums have a good beat and pace throughout “We All Live In … Continue reading Ceiling of Anvers – We All Live In Balance