Comments on: Unearth – The March

By: guitarnerd

guitarnerd — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:12:15 +0000

Unearth steals other band’s material. This is how:

The track “Silence Caught the Stubborn Tongue” is a complete ripoff of two songs written by Bay Area local band Something Must Die (who broke up around 2004-2005). The songs are “Nothing” and “Determination” and can be heard at myspace.com/somethingmustdie. The intro to “Silence Caught the Stubborn Tongue” is taken from “Determination” and the part that follows from the song “Nothing”.

How did this connection happen?

Peter Layman, one of the guitarists for Something Must Die, filled in on guitar duties for Buz McGrath during Unearth’s 2005 Australian/Japan tour. Layman then went on to form the band Apiary, which was then signed to Ironclad Recordings (Trevor Phipps’ label).

I only post this because I have lost all (if any to begin with) respect for Unearth as musicians. If it were coincidence, then it would be one thing, but the connection between Unearth and Something Must Die is obvious.

No one should ever buy their CD or go to their concert again. To do so is to fund chumps who steal other band’s material.

By: vegard

vegard — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:54:42 +0000

i have no idea why, but this little metalcore discussion makes me think of endthisday. that band was awesome, and probably one of the first metalcore albums i heard. not influental enough to be called pioneers i guess, but i hear a lot of their sound in todays bands.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:14:55 +0000

Yeah I think when you talk of Unearth, Prayer For Cleansing and Poison the Well you are talking about 3 bands that helpded start ‘modern’ mealcore, not the early real metalcore like Integrity, Turmoil, Converge and such.

By: gozer666

gozer666 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:06 +0000

i noticed 2 posts referring to them as one of the pioneers or originators of the metalcore genre. i totally disagree, that is unless you are referring to the now overdone and overall generic hot topic version of metalcore and not the good old metalcore of the mid-late 90s where not every band sounded the same.

By: swampthang

swampthang — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:21:05 +0000

So what bro I just don’t dig them.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:55:17 +0000

Dimaension X – Our local “rock” station occasionally plays Shadows Fall, KSE and Lamb of God. And they used to (not sure if they still do) have a 2 hour block on Fri and Sat night starting around 11pm where they played nothing but thrash, black, death and old, real punk. It was pretty cool.

By: plaguemyheavensblack

plaguemyheavensblack — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:15:40 +0000

I find it odd that Swamp seems to think that one of the originators of the “metalcore” sound, is one of the worst metalcore bands ever.
Totally agree with ET that they’ll never top the Stings of Conscience.

By: Dimaension X

Dimaension X — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:00:31 +0000

As “polished and marketable” as reviewers claim these bands are, we’ll never hear them on radio, will we. As popular as Shadows Fall, KSE, and Unearth are, Massachusetts radio channels will not play any of their music. It’s all Nickelback, Daughtry, Metallica, old Nirvana, etc.

When will radio wake up?

By: jk666

jk666 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:15:58 +0000

I’m with Staylow. I loved the last album and was looking forward to hearing this but haven;t been able to get into it.

By: ERK

ERK — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:55:50 +0000

These guys haven’t really done anything all that interesting since The Oncoming Storm. That album was great as far as metalcore goes, but the last album and this new one are just boring ot me. These guys just have seemed to lost the ability to write memorable songs that you want to listen to again. It’s the same thing with the new All That Remains album. I used to dig their stuff, but that new album they put out this year is awful.

By: Reignman35

Reignman35 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:47:28 +0000

Solid album… These guys are one of the PIONEERS of the genre, so to say they are part of a tired or dying genre is complete crap…

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:45:51 +0000

These guys bore me. One more for the “Music I don’t like, but can respect” bin.

By: swampthang

swampthang — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:59:13 +0000

thats a good thing right

By: Deepsend Records

Deepsend Records — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:49:16 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of these guys. I haven’t heard the new album. I wonder, are they still playing the same 1 breakdown they’ve been playing since “The Stings..”? This band has done nothing noteworthy to take the genre to the next level. There is something to say about a band that writes the same record 3-4 times and sells it as a different album to the same people. Just shows how fucked up the fanbase has become. It’s a dead genre.

By: SludgeHammer

SludgeHammer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:38:38 +0000

I don’t get it. Do some people just post on album reviews or are they on the forums but under a different name?

By: xBenx

xBenx — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:15:39 +0000

For real swamp, im with T man on this one

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:50:50 +0000

Swamp-you have the most unpredictable, all over the place tastes in metal ive ever seen!

By: swampthang

swampthang — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:38 +0000

i just went to a show they were headlining and walked out before them and protest the hero played. Unearth sucks always did. worst metalcore band by far.

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:29:52 +0000

Loved these guys. But yet I just don’t get as excited anymore. Don’t know why. They haven’t went astray. Maybe its the formula thing. Nevertheless, very talented, seriously guys.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:35:30 +0000

I was really excited about this when I heard there would be more solos, but after 5-6 spins, it hasn’t really clicked. The solos are good, but something is just amiss, or it’s just taking longer to soak up. I absolutely love In The Eyes of Fire – it was one of 06 faves. I dunno. I’ll have to spin it some more. It’s definitely not a bad album though.