Littering movies samples amidst decent grr and chug, while the samples are a cheap ploy, the music and solos and breakdown are actually quite good. Bullshit claims of notoriety aside, the band is actually pretty bad-ass.
Retrospective of a prolific screamcore band formed in 1998, broke up in 2002. 39 songs, compiled from 7″s, split 7″s, and comps, plus a few unreleased tracks.
Swedish power metal, but a glance at the cover shoulda made that clear. Anyone into power metal or falsetto-layered heavy metal knows who these guys are.
From Long Island, moved to Reno to get away from scene bands. System of a Down is a reference: Weird and choppy metal with vocals ya don’t expect in metal.
With Honor and The Distance are both completely passable hardcore, with previous releases on Bridge Nine and Stillborn, who steadily release passable hardcore.
Once championed in the hardcore/noisecore music scene as an innovative band with intense shows, it seems success, fame, and melody has gotten the best of them.
The Screamers is intoned in hallowed terms by the hardest of hardcore underground punk fans, but the band remains a mystery since they never released a record.
An 11-song set (short for DVDs) of tightness and brutality crush the audience as crystal-clear production translate each drop of sweat and grinding perfectly.