Artist : Unchained Breathing
Album : Anthem (Single)
Genre : Atmospheric Deathcore/Metalcore
Year : 2012
Country : Netherlands
Tracks :
1. Anthem
Size : 10.5mb
(also download it from their bandcamp)
18/20
Showing posts with label deathcore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deathcore. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A Legacy Unwritten - Six
Artist : A Legacy Unwritten
Album : Six
Genre : Deathcore
Year : 2012
Country : USA
Website : facebook
Tracks :
1. Insight
2. Transient
3. Approaching De-Creation
4. Six
5. Neural Reset
6. Illuminate
Size : 83.5mb
15/20
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Interrupting Cow - Desecration of the Universe
Album : Desecration of the Universe
Genre : Synthetic Deathcore
Year : 2012
Country : USA
Website : facebook , youtube
Tracks :
1. Ascension (Intro)
2. Trifecta of Pull
3. Desecration of the Universe
4. Gar Gar Binks
5. Seamonster Mermaid's Daughter
6. Ghost Firetruck
7. Pray for Plagues (Short Cover)
Size : 52mb
16/20
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
De' Mask Thyself - This is Who We Are
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Judge Our Hearts - Dead Weight
Artist : Judge Our Hearts
Album : Dead Weight
Genre : deathcore / hardcore
Year : 2011
Country : Australia
Website : facebook
Tracks :
1. 20:24
2. Dry Bones
3. Searching
4. Not My Own
5. Reign
6. Deadweight
7. On The Shoulders Of Giants
8. Having Eyes To See
9. Nothing Makes Us Move Like Fire
10. Abandon Ship
11. State Of Affairs
12. A broken Vessel
13. Outro
Size : 44mb
16/20
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Release The Kraken - Safe Beyond The Sea
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Interrupting Cow - Sunshine Rainbows
Artist : Interrupting Cow
Album : Sunshine Rainbows
Genre : Deathcore
Year : 2011
Country : USA
Website : facebook , myspace
Tracks :
1. Faceless People
2. Free Candy
3. Respect and Pizza Bagels
4. And That's All You Need to Know...
5. Italian Jesus Football
6. You Hear Them Ducks?
7. Shadowed By Hope
8. Moose Canadia
9. Never Judge a Man By His Emu
10. My Main Bid
11. Infestation Manifestation of Crones (Re-Recorded)
12. Needlenose (Re-Recorded)
13. Like a G6 (Far East Movement cover)
Size : 81mb
15/20
Monday, January 9, 2012
Eat A Helicopter - Descend Into Darkness
Eat A Helicopter - Descend Into Darkness
You never know what you are going to get with deathcore nowadays, the sudden influx of weird and wonderful forms of deathcore means that the term “deathcore” is merely trivial. What kind of Deathcore? Progressive? Technical? Melodic?, bands from each of those subgenres of deathcore have been popping up everywhere like rabbits. I have seemed to have forgotten a genre, that’s it, deathcore, just pure deathcore. It seems that pure deathcore is having less and less people being drawn to it as everyone wants to be the most technical, progressive, heavy, ect. Eat A Helicopter have decided that they aren’t going to be like everyone else and stay true to true deathcore. Descend Into Darkness is an excellent showcase of how true they are to the genre and I must say, its looking good.
I’d like to start off by saying that Descend Into Darkness might just be slightly better than The Pessimist. Musically, Eat a Helicopter is a lot tighter and well rounded this time round. I think that even the recording of the ep is head and shoulders above their last ep this time round. I don’t really think that The Pessimist really unleased the true potential of the band. So I’m guessing that Descend Into Darkness might have been a redemption kind of thing for the band itself.
There are two types of deathcore bands out there, the ones who are heavy and the ones who aren’t. Judging by Descend Into Darkness, I can safely say that Eat A Helicopter is definitely on the heavy side of deathcore. They have the typical attitude of a true deathcore band in their music with is something that gives them their heaviness. In case you aren’t sure what I mean, bands such as Whitechapel and My Autumn also come to mind. Actually, come to think about it, the music on Descend Into Darkness sounds if Whitechapel and My Autumn’s music met halfway.
I really don’t like reviewing releases like this because there is literally nothing that much to talk about. Why? because one word pretty much summarises Eat A Helicopter and that’s generic. There is nothing really special about Descend Into Darkness other than that it’s a slight improvement over previous EP Pessimist. The guitar work is generic, the musical structure is overused, the vocals are nothing special… I can pretty much list everything they haven’t done and class everything as generic. I mean, even if the music was generic, it can still be deep and have at least some kind of dimensions to them but I don’t know if I can say that here. I just didn’t feel any kind of special vibes or anything from Descend Into Darkness. It’s just another release to me. I know what you’re probably thinking though. “you don’t understand the music” my answer to that would be the fact that there are other underground bands out there in the same vein who make true deathcore more interesting than Eat A Helicopter. Let’s take Bound By Exile as an example, they are one of the best pure deathcore bands out there hitting the underground scene. The main reason why they standout is that Bound By Exile have put a lot of thought in their music. They haven’t just thrown in some breakdowns, deathcore riffs, put in some progressiveness at the end of Descend Into Darkness and had the “she’ll be right” attitude. I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t work for me.
Descend Into Darkness is nothing but generic, every aspect of their music. I only recommend this to only the diehard deathcore fans out there. I think that Descend Into Darkness is mean for those who are into deathcore and nothing but deathcore because this is as deathcore as deathcore can be. Also I’m not going to bother recommending a single track because they’re all pretty much the same. I think that Eat A Helicopter will need to catch up with the rest of the scene or risk being left behind. I give Eat A Helicopter’s Descend Into Darkness a 12/20.
I’d like to start off by saying that Descend Into Darkness might just be slightly better than The Pessimist. Musically, Eat a Helicopter is a lot tighter and well rounded this time round. I think that even the recording of the ep is head and shoulders above their last ep this time round. I don’t really think that The Pessimist really unleased the true potential of the band. So I’m guessing that Descend Into Darkness might have been a redemption kind of thing for the band itself.
There are two types of deathcore bands out there, the ones who are heavy and the ones who aren’t. Judging by Descend Into Darkness, I can safely say that Eat A Helicopter is definitely on the heavy side of deathcore. They have the typical attitude of a true deathcore band in their music with is something that gives them their heaviness. In case you aren’t sure what I mean, bands such as Whitechapel and My Autumn also come to mind. Actually, come to think about it, the music on Descend Into Darkness sounds if Whitechapel and My Autumn’s music met halfway.
I really don’t like reviewing releases like this because there is literally nothing that much to talk about. Why? because one word pretty much summarises Eat A Helicopter and that’s generic. There is nothing really special about Descend Into Darkness other than that it’s a slight improvement over previous EP Pessimist. The guitar work is generic, the musical structure is overused, the vocals are nothing special… I can pretty much list everything they haven’t done and class everything as generic. I mean, even if the music was generic, it can still be deep and have at least some kind of dimensions to them but I don’t know if I can say that here. I just didn’t feel any kind of special vibes or anything from Descend Into Darkness. It’s just another release to me. I know what you’re probably thinking though. “you don’t understand the music” my answer to that would be the fact that there are other underground bands out there in the same vein who make true deathcore more interesting than Eat A Helicopter. Let’s take Bound By Exile as an example, they are one of the best pure deathcore bands out there hitting the underground scene. The main reason why they standout is that Bound By Exile have put a lot of thought in their music. They haven’t just thrown in some breakdowns, deathcore riffs, put in some progressiveness at the end of Descend Into Darkness and had the “she’ll be right” attitude. I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t work for me.
Descend Into Darkness is nothing but generic, every aspect of their music. I only recommend this to only the diehard deathcore fans out there. I think that Descend Into Darkness is mean for those who are into deathcore and nothing but deathcore because this is as deathcore as deathcore can be. Also I’m not going to bother recommending a single track because they’re all pretty much the same. I think that Eat A Helicopter will need to catch up with the rest of the scene or risk being left behind. I give Eat A Helicopter’s Descend Into Darkness a 12/20.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Silence Shall Return - Desecration of The Immaculate
Artist : Silence Shall Return
Album : Desecration of the Immaculate
Genre : deathcore / death metal
Year : 2011
Country : Switzerland / UK
Website : facebook
Tracks :
1. Introduction To Your Destruction
2. Fingered To Death
3. Rot In Pieces
4. Without Mercy
5. God Can't Help You
6. Once Upon A Heartless Corpse
7. Wrinkly Whores (Slower Than A Snail)
Size : 64.3mb
15/20
Within My Hands - iHate
Monday, November 28, 2011
Jack The Giant Killer - The Drowning King
Jack The Giant Killer - The Drowning King
Jack The Giant Killer is a deathcore band from the land down under, Australia! I came across this band a few years ago when people from a deathcore community introduced me to this band. Initially I thought they were a load of rubbish which had absolutely no structure to it (mind you, I only heard on song). I tried my hardest to get into Jack The Giant Killer at the time, but with no avail. 2 years on and I’m sitting thinking of how much I was a short sighted fool back then to not get into Jack The Giant Killer, because these guys kick ass. Yeah, okay, I admit, their 2008 demo A Dead Man’s Demo wasn’t the best thing to be released in their history but it doesn’t matter about what they have done in the past, it’s what they’ve made in the present and The Drowning King IS the present.
For all those who aren’t familiar with Jack The Giant Killer’s sound (and unfortunately, there are many out there), they are one of those ultra modern, weird, psychedelic sounding deathcore bands. Bands such as Execute the Sinner are in the same Vein (although they’re another underground band, there is not band with a similar sound that has gone mainstream that I know of). These sort of bands are usually highly technical and are just different. Jack The Giant Killer fits into this genre really well.
There is one thing that many other bands that are in the same field of deathcore is missing is atmosphere. Jack The Giant Killer have chosen to implement a very heavy element of atmosphere in this ep. It is very powerful and so uplifting at times, it is probably the highlight of the band’s music. What creates this? Well, I’m glad you asked, the guitar work in The Drowning King is second to none. Everything is in time and I felt that it had the greatest impact on this “atmosphere”. The guitar riffs never get boring unlike many other deathcore bands out there who like it chuggy instead, I don’t know about you, but some chuggy is good, although it is nice to get a little bit of a break from it time to time.
The drumming seems to also have a major impact on the music as well. I find that it’s quite rare for a band to have their drumming as one of the key components in the atmosphere of the album. Jack The Giant Killer have really gone the extra mile to ensure that the drumming is perfect. Each drum beat that is played is on time, clean, clear and has a certain snap to them. I think that the drumming is not too powerful that it over powers everything else, but not too weak that its presence is discredited. The addition of a “humming style double bass” just adds to the sheer awesomeness of The Drowning King.
Not everything in The Drowning King is super brutal and super heavy. Not all deathcore bands aim to be the most br00tal and most the extr3m3. Jack The Giant Killer is a great example of how peaceful deathcore can also be. There are short passages of soothing, jazz style of music which are usually accompanied by some hardcore vocals. This just adds that extra dimension to their music which keeps it interesting and entertaining. Not only this, but they have also thrown in some extra acoustic passages and group shouts, which emphasise the music farther.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Chelsea Grin - Chelsea Grin EP
Chelsea Grin - Chelsea Grin EP
In 2008, the legend of Chelsea Grin was born with their debut, self titled ep being released. Almost every deathcore fan out there who bothered to look past the Suicide Silence and Bring Me the Horizon would have heard of these guys by now. Even through Chelsea Grin was a young band (and still are) when they released this ep, they took the deathcore scene by storm and as a result, they are now one of the biggest deathcore juggernauts.
For anyone who has come across Chelsea Grin and compared them to other bands in the same vein, Chelsea Grin is much more atmospheric then the others. At the time, this must have been one of the darkest, mainstream deathcore releases out there. They have the attitude of a slamming brutal death or goregrind band and threw in some heavy ass breakdowns just for fun. That being said, there are some instances where they do get technical at times and complex, but I’d have to say that it’s more about the attitude of the music (judging by the lyrical themes about killing sluts) which I think fits Chelsea Grin’s profile quite well.
Some people have complained and ranted on about how “shitty” the recording of this ep is. First of all, I’d like to point out that this is a debut release and underground bands (like Chelsea Grin was where they released this ep) are typically poor and cannot afford higher quality recording. But that’s for most cases I agree, yeah it ruins the music most of the time (especially when they sound like they have been recorded in a tin can) but in Chelsea Grin’s case, I thought it increased the quality of their music. The rawness of the recording just added that sense of darkness to their music as well, which is something the band seems to hold so dear to them because they have utilized it in releases beyond their debut. I don’t think this ep would have been half as good as what it is if they have used higher quality of recording and ditched the rawness which would have also removed the darkness as well.
It is very evident that this ep is not simply pure deathcore, in fact it is very far from it. I think that 40% if not more of Chelsea Grins sound comes from grindcore. First of all, the atmosphere sounds a lot darker than your typical deathcore band. Take Whitechapel for example, they do have some really dark sections throughout their music but they are usually combined with more upbeat sections which follow. Pretty much everything in Chelsea Grins ep is grim and evil. Secondly, vocal style doesn’t really follow suit with the many deathcore bands. For anyone who hasn’t heard, I think that half of the vocals are either pig squeals or those “burping” vocals. There are very little real death growls in this release which is something that is weird. Oh, and for those who don’t like the “breeing”, you shouldn’t touch this ep ever because it is jam packed full of them.
Yes, Chelsea Grin is still considered a deathcore band and not only that, and yes they are one of the bands who have influenced the next generation of deathcore bands. There is a lot evidence of their deathcore in their music, not only grindcore. First of all, the breakdowns have that primitive deathcore character to them. They aren’t overly heavy or brutal, but instead they have a more catchy hardcore style to them. Secondly, obviously the guitar riffs played here are absolutely key in primitive style deathcore. If anyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about when I mean “primitive deathcore riffs” and need a good example of what they sound like, you cannot go past tracks Cheyne-Strokes and Disgrace. I’m not sure if that’s official terminology for what I’m talking about, but I think it’s a good description of what they sound like.
Chelsea Grin shocked the world with this ep and as a result, they became one of the most successful bands to hit the deathcore scene. This ep, contains arguably 2 of their most famous tracks which are Crewcabanger and Lifeless, these two tracks have been heard by almost every deathcore fan in the world (or anyone who can say “I know what deathcore is!”). Although Chelsea Grin might have been overtaken with some of the young bloods in the deathcore scene when it comes to music quality, Chelsea Grin’s debut will be landmarked in deathcore history. I give Chelsea Grin’s debut ep a 14/20.
Seven Daily Sins - Say Yes to Discomfort
Seven Daily Sins - Say Yes to Discomfort
Seven Daily Sins is a newish technical death metal band who have released their debut album Say Yes to Discomfort from the backwoods of Europe in Belarus. The way that I see it, there are two common types for technical death metal in the 21st century. You have the bands who try to be super fast and extremely extreme all the time such as Fleshgod Apocalypse and Obscura and you have the other who try to make their music as technical and complex as possible such as Brain Drill. Both of these seem to cover the 99% of bands who are in the technical death metal or even technical deathcore scene. But, there is that 1% of bands who say “no, I do what I want!” and don’t follow either of those two paths. Seven Daily Sins is in that 1%, they take technical death metal and give listeners a completely different outlook on the genre of technical death and what other elements can be mixed in with it to make it sound more unique.
First of all, if you don’t have an open mind, there is a 99.999% chance that you will not enjoy Say Yes to Discomfort, because these guys are very unique and innovative with their styles. I wouldn’t go as far as calling them “avant-garde” though. They aren’t weird enough to claim that title but if I were to summarise their sound in a single phrase, I’d say that they are somewhere in the middle of a technical death/hardcore/progressive/jazz Venn Diagram. They combine a lot of different styles in their music without making you say “wtf” every three seconds in the song. They really capture the audience with their guitar work in this album. The rapidly alternate from extremely abrasive/technical guitar work, to soothing jazz. The transitions are quite nice as well, they aren’t too rough to affect the flow of the music, but they aren’t too smooth to not fit the technical death metal criteria.
I really think that Seven Daily Sins is another great example of how young bands who choose to break off from their trendy roots and move their music into the modern era. There is just something about the vibe given of in the music that makes the music sound contemporary. One trait that I have noticed with bands who sound ultra modern or futuristic is that they aren’t one dimensional, which means that they don’t just choose a sound they are trying to achieve and stick with it the whole way and like I’ve mentioned earlier they have taken quite a few elements and mashed them into one sound. There are times where you get; the intense chugging from deathcore, the technicality and complexity of technical death, the atmosphere of jazz rock and the smoothness of progressive death metal. The best thing about this is that all of it is presented to you on a silver platter also known as Say Yes to Discomfort.
Overall, this is a plus 1 for Seven Daily Sins. I think that they have successfully displayed how well they can put songs together and how they execute them. This album is one hell of an adventure to listen to, there are a number of things that Seven Daily Sins have put into each song to make sure it is never boring. There are awesome guitar solos, super intense deathcore style breakdowns, technicality that might kill you and a little bit of a psychedelic atmosphere thrown in there. I recommend this Say Yes to Discomfort to those who have a very open mind and who like jazzy/technical/deathcore style of music. Pretty much all of the tracks here have a similar style to them as they all contain traces of the elements that I mentioned before. I think that Seven Daily Sins are one of those bands that need to have someone keeping an eye on them in future, because they might have something exciting in the future. I give Seven Daily Sins’s Say Yes to Discomfort a 15/20.
First of all, if you don’t have an open mind, there is a 99.999% chance that you will not enjoy Say Yes to Discomfort, because these guys are very unique and innovative with their styles. I wouldn’t go as far as calling them “avant-garde” though. They aren’t weird enough to claim that title but if I were to summarise their sound in a single phrase, I’d say that they are somewhere in the middle of a technical death/hardcore/progressive/jazz Venn Diagram. They combine a lot of different styles in their music without making you say “wtf” every three seconds in the song. They really capture the audience with their guitar work in this album. The rapidly alternate from extremely abrasive/technical guitar work, to soothing jazz. The transitions are quite nice as well, they aren’t too rough to affect the flow of the music, but they aren’t too smooth to not fit the technical death metal criteria.
I really think that Seven Daily Sins is another great example of how young bands who choose to break off from their trendy roots and move their music into the modern era. There is just something about the vibe given of in the music that makes the music sound contemporary. One trait that I have noticed with bands who sound ultra modern or futuristic is that they aren’t one dimensional, which means that they don’t just choose a sound they are trying to achieve and stick with it the whole way and like I’ve mentioned earlier they have taken quite a few elements and mashed them into one sound. There are times where you get; the intense chugging from deathcore, the technicality and complexity of technical death, the atmosphere of jazz rock and the smoothness of progressive death metal. The best thing about this is that all of it is presented to you on a silver platter also known as Say Yes to Discomfort.
Overall, this is a plus 1 for Seven Daily Sins. I think that they have successfully displayed how well they can put songs together and how they execute them. This album is one hell of an adventure to listen to, there are a number of things that Seven Daily Sins have put into each song to make sure it is never boring. There are awesome guitar solos, super intense deathcore style breakdowns, technicality that might kill you and a little bit of a psychedelic atmosphere thrown in there. I recommend this Say Yes to Discomfort to those who have a very open mind and who like jazzy/technical/deathcore style of music. Pretty much all of the tracks here have a similar style to them as they all contain traces of the elements that I mentioned before. I think that Seven Daily Sins are one of those bands that need to have someone keeping an eye on them in future, because they might have something exciting in the future. I give Seven Daily Sins’s Say Yes to Discomfort a 15/20.
Monday, October 3, 2011
One More Victim - Dominion
Album : Dominion
Genre : Deathcore / Death Metal
Year : 2011
Country : Russia
Website : facebook , myspace , twitter , youtube
Tracks :
1. Alea Iacta Est
2. Damnation Of Eternity
3. Architects Of Sanity
4. Mother Of All Sins
5. Last Hour
6. Jack Ketch
7. Impelled By Revenge
8. Watch My Ascent
9. Locust Horde
10. Dominion
Size : 78.6mb
17/20
Monday, September 26, 2011
Rose Funeral - Gates of Punishment
Rose Funeral - Gates of Punishment
Rose Funeral is a world renowned deathcore band from the USA, but before I go on any further, strap yourself in because Gates of Punishment could easily be their most impressive release yet. I might sound a little bit like an underground metal elitist but many would agree that it’s very hard to find bands mainstream nowadays pushing the limits of their respective genres because it seems like all the activity in happening underground. But we must ask ourselves, how did these bands become mainstream in the first place? There are the bands that became popular in the deathcore scene by accident and there are those who actually worked to get to where they are now. Rose Funeral might have started out a little rough in Crucify.Kill.Rot. but I think that Gates of Punishment makes up for their blunder in so many ways. This is an unbelievable good album and I don’t think words can fully describe how excellent this album is.
First of all, Rose Funeral have come a long way since their debut release Crucify.Kill.Rot. They were stale, slow, generic deathcore but geez have they turned that around since then. The music now has so much power and torque behind it, it almost seems impossible to dislike this album.
The first thing that is noticed about this album is the drumming, the high paced, high energy, flawless drumming. There is just something about the drumming that makes it sound so seductive than many other bands. It’s probably because pitch and tone of the drumming is absolutely perfect and its clean and crisp. I don’t know what makes some deathcore bands think that having a poor quality recording of drumming is good way to make the atmosphere sound dark and heavy. This is just dumb as far as I’m concerned because there are bands out there who achieve this with high quality recording and If I were to talk to those bands who think this, I’d show them this album and tell them to learn from their superiors (like Rose Funeral). The drumming here in this album literally blasts everything other known band out of the water and while on the topic of blasting stuff, the blast beats here are amazing. You know when people say “speed isn’t everything” when it comes to blast beats, well these guys have both now. The blast beats and double kicks are super fast and super organised, there are times where I could swear that I was listening to Fleshgod Apocalypse.
The guitars work in this album are top notch as well, there aren’t many guitarists that can play as fast as the drumming at times. I mean there are a few bands that come mind when people talking about speedy guitar work and they all come from the technical death metal genre. Well, Rose Funeral isn’t a technical death metal band but they are the few deathcore bands that can keep up with that type of pace without creating an unco-ordinated wad of sound. The guitar riffs here sound a lot like Fleshgod Apocalypse in many ways but I would no way say that they are cheap rip-offs of them. The way Rose Funeral have applied these riffs are completely different that Fleshgod Apocalypse giving them a different character. Also you’d expect there to be many high pitch tabs to be played, if I said that there is none, I’d be lying, but there aren’t as many as what is found elsewhere. I don’t know how people react to this, but I find that there is less confusion within the music without or less which is never a bad thing. There is just one more thing to point out about the guitars and that’s the solos. Deathcore isn’t exactly known for the best guitar solos and although Rose Funeral hasn’t created the fastest most insane guitar solos, they have sparked emotion through their progressive approach. Which I think is much more important than anything else.
Although the progressive elements aren’t the main attraction in Gates of Punishment they do have a major impact on their sound and the emotions of their music in particular. Occasionally there are some progressive style riffs that come along throughout this album which is easily distinguishable from the more technical ones but when they some you’ll know about them. For some reason, there is just some kind of overwhelming power behind the progressive style riffs and guitar solos. It seems so uplifting that it’s the very thing that could make someone’s day and those kinds of guitar riffs seem like a dying breed so you might as well listen to it while it’s still around.
There aren’t many bands out there anymore especially in the mainstream scene that write half decent breakdowns. They probably think, “Hey, my band already had 500,000 likes on facebook, I can just write shit music from now on.” Well, Rose Funeral are one of the most infamous bands out there on the scene as of yet and their breakdowns are still going strong. Back in their first album, their breakdowns weren’t very good; they were dry, stale and unheavy. But once again, Gates of Punishment has pulled another surprise out of the bag. The breakdowns are absolutely amazing, they are slow but heavy and they are well written and perfectly executed. This is something that is rare to find in mainstream bands nowadays, it’s good to have a change sometimes and it’s even better to have a change for the better.
Even the vocals in this album are something different and unlike the vocals in their older music, these vocals are nowhere near as generic. The best thing that I like about the vocals here is that they are just perfect. I don’t mean to bash any other bands out there but it’s just that Rose Funeral does it better than everyone else because they don’t just try to scream has much distorted and incoherent sounds as possible. Rose Funeral has done the smart thing, the vocals here are still distorted but the words are still very clear. You could make out every single word that is in this album, but at the same time, they match the speed pace and heaviness of the music which is just awesome.
I don’t think that Gates of Punishment has any flaws in it whatsoever, the music is; fast, brutal, heavy, emotional, organised/melodic and emotional. They have really outdone themselves tenfold this time and not only that, they have blitzed the competition as well. Although there are a few signs that they are slowly drifting away from the deathcore genre and into more of a death metal sound, I still consider them a deathcore band. Mainly because they still sound more core than death and the roots are still very evident. I recommend Gates of Punishment to anyone remotely into deathcore and death metal and especially to anyone who enjoys listening to Fleshgod Apocalypse. When it comes to recommending tracks from this album, I say try them all but if you don’t have the time check out the track The Desolate Form, it’s just awesome. Many people have thought and still think that there is no such thing as a perfect deathcore album, this might have proven these critics wrong and puts other mainstream bands in their place. Everyone should be ready because Rose Funeral is on the rise. I definitely think that Rose Funeral’s Gates of Punishment is worth a 20/20, it’s just amazing.
First of all, Rose Funeral have come a long way since their debut release Crucify.Kill.Rot. They were stale, slow, generic deathcore but geez have they turned that around since then. The music now has so much power and torque behind it, it almost seems impossible to dislike this album.
The first thing that is noticed about this album is the drumming, the high paced, high energy, flawless drumming. There is just something about the drumming that makes it sound so seductive than many other bands. It’s probably because pitch and tone of the drumming is absolutely perfect and its clean and crisp. I don’t know what makes some deathcore bands think that having a poor quality recording of drumming is good way to make the atmosphere sound dark and heavy. This is just dumb as far as I’m concerned because there are bands out there who achieve this with high quality recording and If I were to talk to those bands who think this, I’d show them this album and tell them to learn from their superiors (like Rose Funeral). The drumming here in this album literally blasts everything other known band out of the water and while on the topic of blasting stuff, the blast beats here are amazing. You know when people say “speed isn’t everything” when it comes to blast beats, well these guys have both now. The blast beats and double kicks are super fast and super organised, there are times where I could swear that I was listening to Fleshgod Apocalypse.
The guitars work in this album are top notch as well, there aren’t many guitarists that can play as fast as the drumming at times. I mean there are a few bands that come mind when people talking about speedy guitar work and they all come from the technical death metal genre. Well, Rose Funeral isn’t a technical death metal band but they are the few deathcore bands that can keep up with that type of pace without creating an unco-ordinated wad of sound. The guitar riffs here sound a lot like Fleshgod Apocalypse in many ways but I would no way say that they are cheap rip-offs of them. The way Rose Funeral have applied these riffs are completely different that Fleshgod Apocalypse giving them a different character. Also you’d expect there to be many high pitch tabs to be played, if I said that there is none, I’d be lying, but there aren’t as many as what is found elsewhere. I don’t know how people react to this, but I find that there is less confusion within the music without or less which is never a bad thing. There is just one more thing to point out about the guitars and that’s the solos. Deathcore isn’t exactly known for the best guitar solos and although Rose Funeral hasn’t created the fastest most insane guitar solos, they have sparked emotion through their progressive approach. Which I think is much more important than anything else.
Although the progressive elements aren’t the main attraction in Gates of Punishment they do have a major impact on their sound and the emotions of their music in particular. Occasionally there are some progressive style riffs that come along throughout this album which is easily distinguishable from the more technical ones but when they some you’ll know about them. For some reason, there is just some kind of overwhelming power behind the progressive style riffs and guitar solos. It seems so uplifting that it’s the very thing that could make someone’s day and those kinds of guitar riffs seem like a dying breed so you might as well listen to it while it’s still around.
There aren’t many bands out there anymore especially in the mainstream scene that write half decent breakdowns. They probably think, “Hey, my band already had 500,000 likes on facebook, I can just write shit music from now on.” Well, Rose Funeral are one of the most infamous bands out there on the scene as of yet and their breakdowns are still going strong. Back in their first album, their breakdowns weren’t very good; they were dry, stale and unheavy. But once again, Gates of Punishment has pulled another surprise out of the bag. The breakdowns are absolutely amazing, they are slow but heavy and they are well written and perfectly executed. This is something that is rare to find in mainstream bands nowadays, it’s good to have a change sometimes and it’s even better to have a change for the better.
Even the vocals in this album are something different and unlike the vocals in their older music, these vocals are nowhere near as generic. The best thing that I like about the vocals here is that they are just perfect. I don’t mean to bash any other bands out there but it’s just that Rose Funeral does it better than everyone else because they don’t just try to scream has much distorted and incoherent sounds as possible. Rose Funeral has done the smart thing, the vocals here are still distorted but the words are still very clear. You could make out every single word that is in this album, but at the same time, they match the speed pace and heaviness of the music which is just awesome.
I don’t think that Gates of Punishment has any flaws in it whatsoever, the music is; fast, brutal, heavy, emotional, organised/melodic and emotional. They have really outdone themselves tenfold this time and not only that, they have blitzed the competition as well. Although there are a few signs that they are slowly drifting away from the deathcore genre and into more of a death metal sound, I still consider them a deathcore band. Mainly because they still sound more core than death and the roots are still very evident. I recommend Gates of Punishment to anyone remotely into deathcore and death metal and especially to anyone who enjoys listening to Fleshgod Apocalypse. When it comes to recommending tracks from this album, I say try them all but if you don’t have the time check out the track The Desolate Form, it’s just awesome. Many people have thought and still think that there is no such thing as a perfect deathcore album, this might have proven these critics wrong and puts other mainstream bands in their place. Everyone should be ready because Rose Funeral is on the rise. I definitely think that Rose Funeral’s Gates of Punishment is worth a 20/20, it’s just amazing.
We Are Destroyer - Existence
Artist : We Are Destroyer
Album : Existence
Genre : Deathcore
Year : 2010
Country : USA
Website : facebook
Tracks :
1. Existence
2. Descendency
3. Fighting For Every Breath
4. What I've Become
5. Outro
Size : 25.3mb
19/20
We Are Destroyer - Existence
We Are Destroyer - Existence
We Are Destroyer is a band from the USA whose music contains traces of numerous hardcore and progressive related influences within their music. Many of the more recent deathcore bands focus on creating hybrid genres, trying to come up with something new by give listeners the best of both worlds because there is a whole fad going on lately about who can be the most innovative. The only problem with this is that, some people don’t like straight up hybrid genres and rather than making it sound like something new and unique it just sounds like hardcore inbreeding of genres. We Are Destroyer have taken a different approach to this situation though. Rather than smashing two genres together, they have a certain hierarchy of genres which they have gone from. The result of this is awesome music that doesn’t sound like the inbreeding of random metal genres.
The genre which they have placed on top of the chain when it comes to their sound is deathcore, their deathcore sound reigns as their primary influence that they go for. There is a real sense of deathcore atmosphere here because it wouldn’t sound like “real” deathcore without it. I think that have really nailed the deathcore element in their sound, I don’t think I can pickup and flaws within their music. They have applied some of the techniques to create deathcore really well and it’s consistent throughout the entire ep. The thing that really stands out though is their double kicks, and I know that super fast doubles aren’t only exclusive to deathcore but the way they have applied there are in a “deathcoreish” manner. They are a decent speed and the tone sounds really deep, it sounds more like a subtle humming rather than a full faced gut busting double kick, which is unlike As Blood Runs Black or Here Comes The Kraken. The next thing that cannot be overlooked about the deathcore side of things is definitely the breakdowns. Usually bands focus on how heavy they can make it or how slow it is. Well I can tell you that those types of breakdowns are terrible and wouldn’t really work in a progressive deathcore situation anyway. I really enjoyed the breakdowns here in Existence they were; high paced, melodic, well structured and heavy at the same time and to spice things up a little, they decided to throw in some bass dropping.
Although their primary sound is deathcore, there is also strong evidence that hardcore must have been their second upmost influence in their music. There are even times throughout where it even sounds more like unmelodic hardcore than deathcore, but these sections don’t usually last very long. But still, it adds that extra twist in their sound which greatly improves the replay-ability of the music itself. Not only does it add a little variety to their already diverse sound, it gives them some attitude and this is something not many deathcore or death metal/hardcore hybrids have which is a shame because I’d like to see many more bands out there doing what We Are Destroyer are doing because this is just fantastic. There is a real in your face attitude that is going on here in the background that is definitely worthy to mosh to. Not only is the music hardcoreish, but you can tell that they were going for this particular unmelodic, in your face sound by some of the things that are said such as “this is for the haters” and group shouts, even just when someone yells out “fuck!” it adds attitude. All of these are typically associated with hardcore and they all add an extra element to their sound without cluttering their music.
Even though deathcore and hardcore are the main sounds that are featured in this ep, they have added yet another spin to their sound by adding a progressive backdrop. Now this is really awesome because it’s the perfect thing to tie up the entire ep and their sound in general and rather than having the progressive elements at the front stage like The Contortionist does, they put it behind. The result of doing this is still having a hardy deathcore sound which is able to support some progressive ambience. But they don’t really exclude the progressive elements from the main stage entirely, they are still very notable throughout a few key guitar riffs and in the intro and outros.
I’d just like to take the time to say that they also have excellent intros and outros to this ep, and its very rare to find any kind of intro or outro that is worth listening to at all but once again, We Are Destroyer have pulled this off as well. Most of it are made up of progressive deathcoreish music but there is one extremely heavy breakdown in the outro…beware.
Overall, this is one of the most promising deathcore bands to come out in the recent years and Existence is their evidence. They have managed something that still eludes many bands from both mainstream and underground scenes and that is good song writing. There aren’t many bands out there who even write good music, let alone tie all the elements featured in a neat little package. We Are Destroyer seem like musically people and they know how to write good music. They have the sturdiness of a deathcore band, the attitude of a NYC hardcore band and the atmosphere and ambience of a progressive death/deathcore band, it’s a complete package. I recommend We Are Destroyer to any of the “core” fans who don’t mind screams and growls in their music because this is something not to be missed. I recommend the track Descendency because it features everything that is great about this band. I give We Are Destroyer’s Existence a 19/20.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
A Baleful Agony - Conquest
Friday, August 19, 2011
Bigredrobot - Watch The Infection Spread
Artist : Bigredrobot
Album : Watch The Infection Spread
Genre : Modern Death Metal / Deathcore
Year : 2010
Country : USA
Website : facebook , myspace , youtube
Tracks:
1. Introduction
2. Watch The Infection Spread
3. Portraits of Evil
4. Deceiver
5. Exalted Ruler
6. The Shameless Crime
7. Mars Attacks!
8. Wretched Amputation
9. Judicial Impalement
10. Outro
Size: 47mb
16/20
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