Showing posts with label Deathcore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deathcore. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Interview with Mark Heylmun of Suicide Silence
Monday, September 12, 2016
Chariots of the Gods "Ages Unsung" Review
These
days it’s hard to write original Death Metal, if you want to be as gruesome as
possible you’re going to be seen as a Cannibal
Corpse rip off, if you want to be highly technical you’ll be a rip off of
this band or that band and so on and so forth. Chariots of the Gods are a breath of fresh air though, willing to
take the risk to walk that fine line between Death Metal and Deathcore, the way
a lot of bands try and either sound like bland Death Metal or too violent
Deathcore. The new album “Ages Unsung”
is something that will be worth talking about, it’ll have some aspects that aren’t
seen as “real Death Metal” and some sections that will make your jaw drop.
After a
brief intro we enter the first song, “Tusk”,
which is a pretty standard style of song with some fairly impressive guitar
work. The notable thing about this song is the chorus features clean vocals (oh
no) which wouldn’t be a problem generally, I think they match the song but I
don’t find the style in which the lyrics are sung match the song and they
definitely feel like more of an afterthought. “Of Prometheus and the Sacred Flames” along with a few other songs
later in the album take on a much more Melodic Death Metal approach which is
very reminiscent of In Flames.
Arguably, any band that can pull off the old In Flames style of sound without sounding like a dead rip off
deserves props.
The
main song that deserves mentioning in this song for standing out above the rest
is “War of the Gods”, simply because
this song mixes all the styles of this album into one song, it is basically the
perfect definition of this album. The versus are straight Melodic Death to keep
you interested, but the chorus features harmonising clean and harsh vocals in
what kind of reminds me of a lot of Deathcore/Metalcore songs. I know using the
–core term turns a lot of people off but trust me, right here it’s perfectly
fine, this song also features one of the only “breakdowns” on the album, which
unlike a lot of –core bands is far from over used, it’s almost like an old Sepultura album, where it only happens
a couple times and keeps you interested in what’s happening.
So, I
will probably get crucified for talking about Deathcore, Sepultura, breakdowns and In
Flames at essentially the same time, but Chariots of the Gods deserves a listen from you. I will argue the
album might get old after a few listens and you’ll start to only listen to a
few songs off of it, but it has a little bit of everything for everyone so
check out “Ages Unsung” and find out
which songs work for you.
85/100
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| Photo by: Chris Bubinas |
Friday, April 25, 2014
Beware The Light's "The Light, The Hope, The Very End" EP Review
"The Reaping" kicks off the album with a very "out at sea" sounding intro (seriously listen to the song to understand what the hell im talking about). Not to mention the incredible bas during the intro. As soon as the vocals and instrumentals begin you cant help but headbang after a perfectly timed "LET THE REAPING BEGIN." After vocal changes from low to high growls almost as often as Trevor from The Black Dahlia Muder, the band goes into an incredibly heavy "breakdown" part (I know what people thing of breakdowns but trust me, this is some Sepultura shit right here). After some incredibly heavy instrumentals and a bit of vocals the song finishs, fastest 3:30 minutes you'll sit through. Not a whole lot to say about this besides the fact that it's perfect for fronting this album.
"Psychosis" jumps right into it, with blistering dual guitars that gradually get slower and heavier as the vocals kick in, just to jump back into the blistering part they started with. after about 40 seconds of the song the guitars jump into a sweet guitar part not many bands use, just to be followed by a soft melodic section with more cool bass (props for giving the bass attention). The bridge comes just soon enough for you to not get bored with the slow part followed by a "uhhaa" that many death metal bands use. The vocals go to a higher deathcore vocal style and drop back into a low growl, very Job For A Cowboy-ish. The song outs with a 5 second "breakdown" section that lead to a squeeling guitar and jump right into the next song.
"Misanthropic Traits" prepare, Dying Fetus have entered the building with this awesome heavy squeely into, that surprisingly ends with a sweet 2 second bass solo before jumping back into the chaos. With incredible (incredible to someone who likes death metal) vocals over blistering guitar parts leading to a slower galopping part with more killer vocals then blends in one of the guitars doing alternatting high notes that are audioble but not the centre of attention really helps keep you glued to this song. The song leads to an insanely heavy breakdown section, but not before to long before jumping in and out from breakdown to their main riff of the song and back into breakdown thats just gonna make you wanna punch shit its so heavy! and with this the song closes out. I must add I love the title of the song.
"Regret Nothing" is the remastered song of the album that was released originally back in July of 2013 through Bandcamp. the intro vocals show a very deathcore side to the vocalist while the instrumentals sound like their own version of Cannibal Corpse's "Evisceration Plague." This section slows down for the majority of the song but makes the riff itself feel so much heavier. At about 1:30 the band guitars go into a tapping "Death In Fire" riff before going into a small clean vocal section and jumping back into the earsplitting death metal vocals. With the vocals clear intention that you SHOULD BE MOSHING NOW by yelling "GO!" and some incredibly killer instrumentals that make you want to mosh anyways before jumping back into the tapping riff this song is clear it would be a killer song to be in the pit for! After some more clean vocals there is a "this is how we do.." and queue the Chris Barnes style pig squeel "...IIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!" to close out the song.
"The Light, The Hope, The Very End" the title track is set to close out the album and with another slow introduction you start to question whats coming. With a clean tapping riff over a distorted rythem section the song gradually gets more and more heavy before the vocals kick in and both guitars end up being distorded again. If the album has held your attention this far you're gonna be here until the end because this song jumps around enough to keep you guessing but not so much that it gets annoying like some bands tend to do. Being a deathcore band this track clearly will have breakdowns still but they are so short that by the time they bug you (if you don't like them that is) they're over. jumping back into a standerd riff for a few bars prepare yourself for the killer drumming you may have been waiting for with vocals over top, followed by the vocalist growling "REPENT!" that drops into a section that i have no idea what to classify it as, is it a breakdown? Or is it just a normal section? I have no idea but it closes out the album pretty damn well nonetheless!
overall 20 minues of pure death metal/deathcore ecstasy any true melo death or deathcore fan can benefit from listening to this. Absolutely killer overall 9/10 and i cant wait to see what else comes from this band!
P.S. Sorry for any mistake!! Plus i know i normall post on Thursdays but there has been so much this week with a new album that im reviewing tomorrow (Saturday April 26th) and brand new Slayer FINALLY! this is late but still its done so i hope you enjoyed it!
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