Disschrist - Demo (2011)

Artist : Disschrist

Album : Demo (2011)

Genre : Raw Black Metal / Doom

Year : 2011

Country : Germany

Website : last.fm

Tracks :
1. Losing Control
2. Country
3. Scrambled Tofu
4. Apophenia
5. Torsten's Song

Size : 12mb

12/20

Seeking First Light - Demo

Artist : Seeking First Light

Album : Demo

Genre : Metalcore / Hardcore

Year : 2010

Country : Australia

Website : facebook , myspace

Tracks :
1. Syntax Error
2. What Would Beyonce Do?
3. FEZZ

Size : 19.5mb

17/20

A Lovely Day For Bloodshed - Demo (2008)

A Lovely Day For Bloodshed - Demo (2008)

A Lovely Day For Bloodshed is an all female deathcore band from the USA. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, “all female” and “deathcore” used in the same sentence. These gals have the attitude and appearance that stands up to any deathcore band. I’m not sure if they were the ones who actually wrote the music, but I think it’s as “in your face” as any deathcore band out there. Which many people will probably find hard to believe. But I can tell you now, they have some kickass breakdowns and vocals in this dark, disgusting demo of theirs. This is not as bad as what some people might think.

These girls must have some really dark, depressive minds to create something like this. The first thing people who probably think when they heard of female fronted metal, is something a little more upbeat. This is what I would have though as well and as it turned out, I was completely wrong. I think this is darker than anything else out there when it comes to deathcore. Yep, it’s a lot darker than Whitechapel and Chelsea Grin put together.  The atmosphere is similar than you would normally find in most deathcore songs out there, it’s just the same except it might just be that little bit darker and grotesque. I don’t think that there is anything feminie about this demo at all, in fact it’s more manly than a lot of the stuff that is out on the shelves today!

Ahh yes, they haven’t forgotten the breakdowns in their music, good girls. Although the production of their music is terrible and everything might be a little loose, they do on conjure up some decent breakdowns, dark, heavy breakdowns at that. These girls know their deathcore, and its evident in that by the way their breakdowns. They are done just at the right speed and they don’t try to go over the top with them. Not only this, but they have some tension building before they dive into a breakdown. This is usually done by playing the guitars softly and short bursts of drumming at the same time. They have nailed it and the result is some pretty awesome female breakdowns. Could you just imagine these girls head banging to them! It would look awesome.

Although they might lack the speed to a typical deathcore band as far as the drumming is concerned, they do set up quite a pace. This is probably due to the terrible recording quality, yeah it does that sometimes. They do have some high speed parts as well as some really slow sections and breakdowns (like I’ve mentioned before). I think these girls focus more on creating a heavy, dark atmosphere rather than a high paced, high energy one. I think this is quite obvious, since they have chosen to use high distortion with their guitars. The guitars remind me of the guitar work from Bring Me The Horizon’s Count Your Blessings album, just in lower quality and not as technical as them either.

If anyone is coming into this demo expecting some lovey dovey clean, mellow vocals. Prepare to be blown apart by the lead singer’s voice. They aren’t anything like a female should sound like, in fact, no one should sound like this. They are harsh as anything you could find and there are no clean vocals at all. It’s all harsh, gutturally and I should have to say it, but they sound really manly. I’m not even sure if people could even do a vocal cover of this demo because it’s unlike anything people have heard before.  

Overall, this is well… different. There is probably nothing out there that matches this band in terms of uniqueness. I mean this is 100% female deathcore, how many bands like Lovey Day for Bloodshed have you seen before? I think this is the type of band that will attract a large crown purely based on appearance for obvious reasons. I think that this band would be a real treat so see live, for any deathcore fan. The music is just as harsh and raw as any boy band could achieve, as far as how dark this demo is, I would say it would get a definite 10, because nothing out there could match this. I can tell you now, this demo is not for females because it is anything but feminie. I recommend that you can go and check out the track 15 Ways To Die because it is a perfect showcase of what these girls capable of doing. I give this demo a 12/20.

City of Sirens - Demo (2011)

City of Sirens - Demo (2011)

City of Sirens is a metalcore band from Australia, Melbourne to be exact and for all who don’t know. Melbourne is the home town of metalcore giants Parkway Drive. That being said, everyone knows that Australian metalcore has the reputation of being gold standard which is renowned all over the world. People know that when the words metalcore and Australia are put in the same sentence, it equals some top notch music. And I can tell you right from the beginning that City of Sirens are definitely not an exception to this rule. In fact, it’s bands like this that makes Aussie metalcore so special and keeps the tradition alive. I have a feeling that this band will explode onto the world stage, and could be the next Parkway Drive or I Killed The Prom Queen.

These guys released a short EP in 2010 which was unfortunately not so good. It was in definite need of a little bit of TLC, and this was mainly due to the extremely poor recording quality of their EP. I think the word rubbish accurately describes how repulsive the previous recording was, it was literally fit for raw black metal. But, City of Sirens have put a neat little bandaid on this conundrum that they were previously faced with. With high quality recording of course, in fact, it’s a lot higher than what some mainstream bands put out. The result of this is some of the best metalcore to ever flow through your ears. They have chosen to re-master two tracks from their original EP which were Without a Second Thought and Oceans, two tracks that were previously scrawled by the appalling recording quality. 

I think that real highlight of this band is their song writing. It’s the best I’ve heard in a long, long time from any band anywhere else in the world. They put a lot of the mainstream artists to shame when it comes to this. The structure and framework of their music is absolutely perfect and unrivalled by any other band. Everything from the vocals to the drumming to the guitar work is in place and perfectly in time. Not to mention how it’s all put together. The transitions are smooth and don’t disrupt the momentum of the music, also the way they have layout each track seemed to have a little bit of thought to it. It’s just perfect, it’s the only word to describe such a thing. And it’s even better if you contrast their EP with this demo because they have greatly improved their sound all thanks to recording quality.

They also like to build tension in their music as well. Both tracks feature a relatively calm, relaxing start and end with a breakdown. We all love breakdowns and the breakdowns here are nothing to be ashamed of either because they suit their music perfectly. They are perfect breakdowns, put in the perfect place at the perfect time. Not only this but, they use more their one type of breakdown. Fast hardcore style breakdowns and heavy deathcoreish style ones. This just adds a little more perfection to their music.

The next thing that they have done in their music is implement emotion. There is no such thing as perfect metalcore without emotion because it’s this emotion that keeps us coming back for more. There seems to be a strong emotional connection when listening to this album. The music is so uplifting at times that I think it’s the type of thing that could make your day and I mean that with no exaggeration at all. It’s so simple, but for some reason it’s so hard to pull off for many bands. It’s this simplicity that really emphasises their music because it’s makes it so powerful. You can literally feel the music take control of you. And trust me, being controlled by this album is definitely a pleasant experience.

Overall this could be the next big thing to come out of Australia. I’ve never seen a band with so much potential up their sleeves than these guys. I have a feeling that their debut album which WILL be recorded in the same quality as this will be the next biggest thing to come out in metalcore. The biggest thing to hit the shelves since I Killed The Prom Queen. I recommend this to all metalcore fans out there and especially to fans of I Killed The Prom Queen and Parkway Drive. This is guaranteed to satisfy anyone that is remotely into metalcore, melodic hardcore and post-hardcore. There is one let down though, it’s too short! We want more! I cannot wait to hear what these guys bring out next because I think it’s going to be huge! I give City of Sirens’s 2011 demo a 19/20.  

Yama - Demo

Artist : Yama

Album : Demo

Genre :  Stoner Metal

Year : 2011

Country : Netherlands

Website : myspace , bandcamp

Tracks:
1. Hollow
2. Seaquake
3. Synergy

Size : 45mb

15/20

Nekro Sound - Demo

Artist : Nekro Sound

Album : Demo

Genre : Death Metal

Year : 2010

Country : France

Website : bandcamp

Tracks :
1. I Eat Children For Breakfast
2. Devoured Alive
3. Bloodbath
4. Welcome To The Slaughterhouse
5. Meticulous Evisceration
6. Chainsaw Massacre
7. Dead And Buried

Size : 24mb



By Blood And Iron - Demo Songs

Artist : By Blood And Iron

Album : Demo

Genre : Deathcore

Year : 2010

Country : USA

websites : myspace , last.FM

Tracks :
1. The Infernal Offering
2. Cocytus
3. Feral Was Her Butchery

Size : 27mb

17/20

City of Sirens - Demo (2011)

City of Sirens - Demo (2011)

Artist: City of Sirens

Album: Demo

Genre: Melodic Hardcore

Year : 2011

Country : Australia

Websites : Facebook , Myspace

Tracks:

1. Oceans

2. Without a Second Thought

Or you can download this from Facebook

19/20

Suicide Silence - Demo 2003

Suicide Silence - Demo (2003)

Suicide Silences Debut demo was released in 2003. This demo was self released and is of the Deathcore genre. This was the thing that launched Suicide Silence and demos are usually the things that make or break a band. It also tests what the band sounds like when recorded. Suicide Silence nailed it with this demo. This was the beginning of new wave of Deathcore.

This is an excellent debut demo that is great through its 3 tracks and immediately you can tell that Suicide Silence is a young, talented band that means business and intends to stay. These are 3 fairly unknown tracks that are full of emotion in the music. There is nothing really soft in this demo, its either slow and heavy or fast and brutal. There are far less screams as well and there are mainly growls. The opening track Soak In Tears sets the pace and pattern for the rest of the demo. It is not an overwhelmingly heavy track but is great Deathcore. It has a breakdown that has the Deathcore signature written all over it. If you hear it you will know what I am talking about, it’s not the heaviest but just sounds great. The other two tracks Victim Of Tragedy and Stand Strong also have the same amount of speed but it has great atmosphere to it which is very rare from a Deathcore band. This demo defiantly shows a softer side of Suicide Silence, I never thought I would hear a pause in music and just plain vocals for 10 seconds by Suicide Silence.

There are a few things that disappoint me about this demo. Firstly it is short as hell, 3 tracks. It doesn’t really matter that much though because it’s only a demo. Also the majority of this demo is in mono tone. With only three tracks I was expecting a little bit of variety but there isn’t. The Vocals, riffs and tempo are the same through the whole demo. This makes it extremely boring and unappealing. Also there is just too many growls compared of how many screams there are because the screams make Suicide Silence what they are and even the growls aren’t as deep or as crisp as they are now. These few things greatly impact this demo as a whole because they are fairly big flaws.

Overall I think that they have greatly improved from this demo, but this demo set their foundation for their sound in general and their future releases. It also would have inspired many young Deathcore bands to start out small then grow rather than trying to go straight to the top. To be perfectly honest this isn’t the greatest demo out there but I would recommend this to anyone who is into Suicide Silence or Deathcore. I give this a 13/20.

A Night In Texas - Demo (2010)

A Night In Texas - Demo



A Night In Texas’s debut demo was released in 2009. It was self produced and is of the Deathcore genre. This demo is one of the more brutal Deathcore pieces I have come across, I think that I may fall into a further sub-genre called Technical Deathcore. This demo is very fast and intense all the way through.

This is A Night In Texas’s debut Demo and it is very fast. Everything about this album is energetic. It has very fast drumming as well as fast double kick. The drums get fairly intense in all of the tracks but they get especially intense in the track A Murdered Child Sleeps. The vocals are amazing as well, since they have one guy specialized in high pitched squeals and another person specializing in low growls they can each work on their own techniques. The result of this is very low growls and very high pitched screams. They are a lot more to the extremes of the scale when it comes to their vocals, very deep and very high. There is nothing in the middle unlike some other bands where they have moderately deep or high vocals. They also have a few breakdowns they have place in here. The best one would have to be in the intro.

For some reason they have put an intro in this demo. I don’t really know why, but I am glad that they didn’t waste it because instead of it being some weird musical. It is actually a separate song, so this means that no space is wasted. This demo goes at light speed throughout all of the tracks, the only exception to this is when they go into their breakdowns. This band still has so much potential, and is already fairly well known throughout Far North Queensland in Australia.

Although there are a few good things about this demo there are some things that may disappoint the listeners. Firstly it doesn’t really sound like they are making any sense with their band as a whole. It sounds like each individual musician is just playing their own thing. Even the vocalists do this. The screams just sound like “laaa,laaa,la,la,laaaa” and the growling is very distorted. Also I think that the only good player in the band is the drummer. I think they have tried to an emphasis on him by making the drums seem very loud. Once you look past that, everything else is below average. The riffs are boring and the vocals sound very repetitive. Also each track only lasts a maximum of 3 minutes so it is very short even though it is a demo.

Also they don’t seem to have any motives in their music. There is no sense of atmosphere or emotion at all. This is probably because of the silly vocals and repetitiveness of this demo. This I think will disappoint the most listeners. It sounds like they have not set any goals for this demo other than to attempt to be the fastest Deathcore band in the world. Sure they are fast, but they have sacrificed all the other important stuff down the drain.

Overall this is not a bad demo. They can make many changes to improve their sound. The thing that lets them down the most is that they don’t have any emotion or atmosphere to their tune. They just try to be as heavy as they can. I am guessing this a very common in many young bands around so I hope they see this and change a little. I would recommend this demo to anyone who likes really fast music no matter what genre it is, but especially for hardcore Deathcore and Technical Death fans. I also recommend the song A Murdered Child Sleeps mainly because it will give you a perfect insight on about what this band is like. Overall it is an ok demo but I can be improved a lot. I give it a 13/20.