Like labelmates Kill Your Idols, 7 Seconds are on a crusade to rid hardcore of the commercialized bullshit that’s piled on the genre these past few years.
Chicago based Cruciform Injection’s fourth album was to be a step beyond the industrial dance mold. Nothing is truly a departure from their earlier work.
The sort of hot recording that always sounds loud, even if the volume at a reasonable level. The songs are simple, but loud, catchy, well-written, and clever.
Like the plaintive beauty of Jesu, At the Soundless of Dawn moves with an expansive melodicism reminiscent of early ’80s Cure, Spacemen 3, and ’70s Pink Floyd.