Metal/Hardcore Review – Page 80

The Taste of Blood – Predator – Review

June 7, 2005

All kinds of screamo and grind gurgle and immediate production. This’ll take some time to see if it’s got style, or just throwing shit that sells into the mix.

The Blackfire Revelation – Review

June 7, 2005

Ugly, slamming, noisy, like Molly Hatchet in a Black Sabbath mood. Pounding shots, spitting, overloading the mic. Music to blackout to.

The Auburn System – Review

June 7, 2005

Ouch! Part demon death, part grind vomit, part neo-hardcore start’n’stop random noise jerkoff, this five-song EP will make you its bitch.

Slowmotion Apocalypse – My Own Private Armageddon – Review

June 7, 2005

What a terrible band name. The band’s from Italy and likes Swedish melodic death, as most hardcore bands now do. These guys may be more metal than hardcore. So?

Octavia Sperati – Winter Enclosure – Review

June 7, 2005

Female-fronted Gothic metal is as common as a cold, and even good bands are a dime a dozen, cuz a sweet voice and some plodding riffs are about all it takes.

Brand New Disaster – Hold Fast The Summer – Review

June 7, 2005

Taking Back Sunday-style hardcore with emoting vocals. From Virginia. Not into this style, but the delicate diddling and pussy singing bother me less than most.

Trail of Tears – Free Fall Into Tears – Review

June 1, 2005

Doubled male clean vocals are tasty, but a siren’s call is always a nice touch. Glorious melody, plenty of roar, both Gothic metal swagger and speedy racing.

Thurisaz – Scent of a Dream – Review

June 1, 2005

Clean vocals and delicate piano, more Euro-flavored Pink Floyd than Shadows Fall. And there’s plenty of manly growl and grunting and shrieking too, of course.

The Hurt Process – A Heartbeat Behind – Review

June 1, 2005

Before the dumb screaming makes me reach for the remote, the pussy vocals come in, and before being sickened, they step on the distortion and yell some more.

Summon – Fallen – Review

June 1, 2005

This is what others strive for, and fall far shy of. Shredding necro-thrashy death with all the right ingredients in all the right ratios. Damn near perfect.