Tired of kids ignoring their political diatribes while beating each other up, the band retreated to the studio. The result was The Shape of Punk to Come.
In Flames have carved themselves an endearing, enigmatic, amusing place within a scene now dominated to the left and right by American metalcore bands.
A Perfect Murder’s debut can best be described as “typical” and/or “generic,” with hard-driving strides of metallic goodness peppered throughout the album.
The Tides of Tragedy begins forcefully, with the songs showcasing excellent metal riffs intertwined with hardcore-like chugga-chugga riffs, much like Atreyu.
Expanding upon the first five-song installment, Part 2 sees Napalm Death again tackling old hardcore, thrash, and death favorites, both unknown and familiar.
Three records into a surreal career that has them quietly becoming the greatest, most fearless, most exploratory avant garde hard-ish act in the drowning pool.
Cross Slipknot with Primus, Clutch, Queens Of The Stone Age, Masters of Reality, Mudvayne, Devildriver, and Thought Industry, and you’re close to The Heavils.