Posts Tagged ‘Metalcore’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Friday, April 20th, 2012
It’s actually been a couple of months since I reviewed some Christian metal core on Facedown Records, so why not get back into things with the debut album from a band whose introductory EP last year grabbed my attention with its no nonsense, almost All Shall Perish styled delivery of brimstone, metallic sermons. Unfortunately though, […]
Tags: 2012, E.Thomas, Facedown Records, Metalcore, Review, The Burial
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Monday, April 9th, 2012
After being with Century Media for four albums, God Forbid marks their debut on Victory Records with a show of defiance and determination on their sixth album, Equilibrium. The positive and indomitably titled “Don’t Tell Me What to Dream” kicks it off with a Meshuggah-style riff over a commanding Byron Davis shouting the song’s name. […]
Tags: 2012, God Forbid, Metalcore, Review, Travis Bolek, Victory Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › I on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
In the Midst of Lion have been busy little bees since I reviewed their 2009 Strikefirst records debut, Out of Darkness. They of course moved on and up to Facedown Records and some time in 2010, released Heart of Man, which I never got around to reviewing, and then in late 2011 released album number […]
Tags: 2012, Christian, E.Thomas, Facedown Records, In The Midst of Lions, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
I’ve made no bones about the fact that I’m not a huge fan of A Plea For Purging‘s shift from awesome, twiddly shreddy metalcore to more serious, personal djent styled music. I have not really cared for the band since 2009’s Depravity, and frankly haven’t really cared to, as in my opinion nothing will top […]
Tags: 2012, A Plea For Purging, Christian, E.Thomas, Facedown, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › L on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
I was pretty gutted when Life In Your Way broke up, especially on the heels of 2007s Waking Giants, one of my very favorite records of the years and favorite metalcore records ever. Well, earlier this year, after a 4 year layoff, the band has mostly reunited (former Wrench in the Works drummer Andy Nelson […]
Tags: 2011, Christian, Come & Live!, E.Thomas, Life In Your Way, Metalcore
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, October 24th, 2011
I’ve been a big fan of Century going back to their self titled EP and Faith & Failure days. The band mix hardcore and a big burly sense of angular but groovy, progressive metal and smart melody to make something that’s a little unique, so I was glad when the band got signed to Prosthetic […]
Tags: 2011, Century, E.Thomas, Metalcore, Prosthetic Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, October 17th, 2011
Listen, this is Christian metal on Strikefirst Records, so spare me the lecture and redundant lashes OK? hailing from Colorado, Altars debut effort of Facedown’s farm league label, is actually a pretty promising 6 song affair. It’s one of those multi faceted modern Christian hardcore records that combines a punchy production burly deathcore beat downs […]
Tags: 2011, Altars, Deathcore, E.Thomas, Hardcore, Metalcore, Review, Strikefirst Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
I absolutely hate it when a band releases a top notch debut album and soon after they break up. It’s a total mind fuck I tell you! But at least the bands that break up present us with something worth remembering before they vanish into oblivion. Bring Me Solace–a progressive metalcore band from Portland, Oregon–did […]
Tags: 2011, Bring Me Solace, Jesse Wolf, Metalcore, Progressive, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Reviewing a Christian metal album is always like swimming in shark tank with a chum jockstrap on. Well…IT’S FEEDING TIME BOYS!!! But I try to stay the course and be objective as I can, and most readers probably don’t realize that I’m actually a devout (?) atheist, so my many Christian reviews aren’t some thinly […]
Tags: 2011, E.Thomas, Facedown Records, Hands, Metalcore, Post Rock, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
This little booger slipped through my highly efficient, organizational skills and structured teethofthedivine office space (i.e the pile of CDs and my daughter’s Disney DVDs on my computer desk at home). But a track randomly popped up on my Ipod warranting further investigation.. I’m not going to try and dance smartly around the divisive white […]
Tags: 2011, E.Thomas, Metalcore, Review, Strikefirst Records, The Burial
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Trials are a modern metal band from Chicago. They’re not bad but their style of music is somewhat predictable; clean vocals, Pantera riffs, weird gothic talking and radio friendly everything else. Modern metal bands are a mixed bag, on one hand they can deliver extremely catchy music (All That Remains), but on the other, well […]
Tags: 2011, Jesse Wolf, Metalcore, Review, Self-Released, Trials
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Monday, July 18th, 2011
Man, after the bands 2009 self titled debut EP, I said I’d keep an eye on these Christian shredders in hope they would deliver something better. And boy did they ever! I didn’t quite see anything this good coming though. Adding a dramatic symphonic element to their early A Plea For Purging/ Woe of Tyrants […]
Tags: 2011, E.Thomas, Facedown Records, Hope for the Dying, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Monday, April 23rd, 2007
With their fifth album, Germany’s Fear My Thoughts have now evolved in to a full on modern melodic death metal act, and a good one at that. And while Hell, Sweet, Hell was a glossy but flawed transitional album, Vulcanus sees the band deliver an improved effort that should elevate the band into elite status. […]
Tags: 2007, Century Media Records, Erik T, Fear My Thoughts, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
Germany’s Fear My Thoughts complete they shift from rumbling metalcore to melodic death metal that was hinted at on last years ambitious The Great Collapse, and while Hell Sweet Hell is a solid album, it just doesn’t leap out at me and I still prefer the band’s more extroverted stylings of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. That being said, […]
Tags: 2005, Erik T, Fear My Thoughts, Lifeforce Records, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Friday, April 23rd, 2004
Edge of Sanity. Yup, that’s the first band that popped into my head when the opening chords of the tile track rumbled from the speakers. Not the ambient experimental metalcore outfit who blew me away with V.I.T.R.I.O.L, and while a drastic style change such as this might usually disappoint me, Fear My Thoughts actually pull […]
Tags: 2004, Erik T, Fear My Thoughts, Lifeforce Records, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002
The U.S. has seen the melodic metal/hardcore mix blossom into a small musical renaissance, so it comes as no surprise than as with most musical phenomena, Europe follows suite, which is actually a reverse in trends, as the U.S. is normally the one a few years behind. So, here come Germany’s FearMyThoughts, with their second […]
Tags: 2002, Erik T, Fear My Thoughts, Let It Burn Records, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Monday, April 23rd, 2001
After enduring turbulent times at their previous label, Washington D.C.’s Darkest Hour finally find solid ground in Victory Records. What doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger, so the adage goes. For Darkest Hour, adversity is the key to survival and, furthermore, the catalyst in crafting their most impressive effort to date. Whereas The Mark […]
Tags: 2001, Chris Dick, Darkest Hour, Metalcore, Review, Victory Records