Tag: 2014

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Oecist – XVIII LII EP

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 Hardly ever do 100% instrumental albums come across my radar. And even more rarely do I review them (that’s only ever happened once) because they don’t sound interesting to me. But Oecist’s debut album “XVIII LII” (that’s 18 and 52  respectively if you don’t know your Roman numerals) was different. Each of the tracks off of this 5-track EP has a constant tone that’s very atmospheric which makes it sound really nice. Oecist combines many aspects of instrumentalists everywhere into their own music which makes it a very diverse and unique sound even though you can possibly notice the aspects … Continue reading Oecist – XVIII LII EP

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The Haunted – Exit Wounds

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 I could have sworn “Exit Wounds” was going to come out in September and not 4 days ago (in Europe, Sept. 2 in America so I wasn’t completely wrong). But I’m not complaining! Sooner is a hell of a lot better than later and I was excited for this album. Especially when I heard The Haunted’s single “Cutting Teeth” from this and heard that Ola Englund from Feared is the new guitarists. “Exit Wounds” was fucking awesome and totally lived up to my expectations 110%. Everything is done with maximum heaviness and it sounds great. The vocals are absolutely brutal … Continue reading The Haunted – Exit Wounds

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Circaic – False Prophetic Roads

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 With this being Circaic’s (as far as I know) debut album, it’s not bad at all. But, of course, like all debut albums and the bands it could use a few different changes in my eyes. To other people it’s perfect, I’m sure. But this is just my view. And really the only thing that I felt wasn’t as good as it could’ve been were the softer non-screaming vocals. I just didn’t think they sounded as good as they could be. I’ve got no problem with the vocals other than that. Maybe Circaic could just make the album purely the … Continue reading Circaic – False Prophetic Roads

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Thousand Foot Krutch – Oxygen:Inhale

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 The new album by Thousand Foot Krutch “Oxygen:Inhale” is a really nice and smooth hard rock album that utilizes several aspects of hard rock to their advantage. One of them is the vocals. The vocals have that usual smooth but edgy sound to them that many people including myself have fallen in love with around the world just because it’s used so often because it sounds so good. Also with them being very rhythmic and sounding great along the guitars that do awesome in the more intense songs and the softer ones like “Set Me On Fire”. As I said … Continue reading Thousand Foot Krutch – Oxygen:Inhale

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Devilstrip – Rise

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 Devilstrip’s upcoming hard rock album “Rise” really hearkens to original hard rock in that it really doesn’t hover between rock, hard rock, and some form of metal. It just stays hard rock, and good sounding hard rock to boot. Everything was all nice and smooth but it always had that razor sharp edge that all hard rock fans have loved since its creation. “Rise” is very well rounded with good vocals, solid guitars, and drums that just have an excellent pace especially for their genre and that makes the songs sound all the more better. Fortunately, you can all understand what … Continue reading Devilstrip – Rise

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1 In Five – Hold On EP

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 Tell you what. . . I really like some nice flowing rock music with good tunes and a nice beat. 1 In Five had all of that. Personally I thought the opening track “Something In The Water” was the best and it really set the tone for the rest of “Hold On”. The entire EP had a nice flow to it and sounded really nice. Each band member did a real good job and  staying as rock as possible and that made each song sound like a true rock song which I haven’t seen for a little while so it’s … Continue reading 1 In Five – Hold On EP

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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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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