Rose Funeral - The Resting Sonata (2009)

Genre: Deathcore
For fans of: As Blood Runs Black, The Red Shore

Have you ever been having sex or watching porn and you are about to experience the greatest orgasm but then the girl does something that completly turns you off or a dick shows in your face? Thats kind of what this band does on their latest release "The Resting Sonata". Thats not to say this is a bad album at all for it has lots of great things to offer.

The album starts off with some stupid intro of a bunch of flies buzzing over a dead body. With this bands anti-christian thing going on I would assume its Jesus's body. Then the first track called "Sodomizer" comes on and we are faced with some really low brutal growls and some sort of catchy screaming. The whole song manages to be good then the next track comes on which has breakdowns through the whole thing making it have less potential. The chances of you notcing track 4 starts is very low since a long ass breakdown drags into it. Track 5 almost does the same thing but ends up being a slightly better song then the previous 2. Then the title track kicks in which is a nice suprise with some nice chilling violins kicking in. However it all gets taken away once a silly breakdown kicks in.

The second half of the album ends up being the stronger half of the album, and contains my favorite track on the cd known as "Buried Beneath". This track has some very nice harmonies and has lyrical themes of zombies. The final track is also very impressive and eventually goes into a very nice piano section which is very relaxing. Woulda been the perfect way to end the album until...............you guessed it......a breakdown kicks in and decides to be the ending factor for the album.

Now that the album has been summed up as being not to bad now we go into the band members. The vocalist is very strong in my opinion he has only 3 styles but it works out well with the way he uses them. He has his high pitched scream which sorta sounds like something you would hear from a melodic death metal band that manages to be very catchy. This is mostly used when the harmonies are being played. Then he has his very low deep growl which is just as impressive. Its very creepy and is mostly used during the breakdowns. Both styles can be understood preatty well at times also then he has his mid level scream which is very rarley used. The guitar player or players have high potential and proove they have talent at certain points of the album. One thing they have a tendency of doing is pulling off a very nice riff but end up ruining it by throwing in a very typical breakdown. The bassist is barley audible but this isn't a suprise at all. Then we have the drummer who I believe is the only original member on this album and apprantly he's fired almost every member that joins. I guess you could say he is preatty good but not really anything suprising.

Overall this isn't a bad album actually its very good to be honest. But its proven to have much more potential when the band actually tries to be creative. The strongest bit is the low growls and the melodic sections it has.

Pros:
Strong musicianship when trying
Great vocals
Instrumental track is great
Lyrics are decent when not attacking christianity
The next effort could be great
Its jus madly epic with an amazing ending!

Cons:
And satan said......"let there be breakdowns"
Breakdowns ruin parts with great potential
Breakdowns really annoy me
Did I mention breakdowns?

oh and Anti-christianity is getting kinda old

Overall: 8.5/10 (just cuz the good moments are really good)

Waking the Cadaver - Perverse Recollections of A Necromangler (2008)

Waking the Cadaver - Perverse Recollections of A Necromangler


Genre: Brutal Deathcore/Grindcore
For Fans of: Devourment, BREE BREE

Time to review "t3h m0stest br00t41 4lbum evahhhhhh". These guys are so fucking brutal they like to color paint. Hell there so brutal and like....shreded.....WHEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Track 1: Intro
Track 2: BREE BREEEEE
Track 3: BREE BREEEEE
Track 4: BREE BREEEEE
Track 5: BREE BREEEEE
Track 6: BREE BREEEEE
Track 7: BREE BREEEEE
Track 8: BREE BREEEEE
Track 9: BREE BREEEEE
Track 10: Shreaded WHEAT!!!!!!!!!
Track 11:............................................BREE BREE

There you go I made a very detailed review with every track described. You gotta love the track names "Pigtails are for face fucking" or "I know the insides of a woman".....I'm sure you do.

Pros:
BREE BREE
The only album featuring shredded WHEAT!!!!!
t3h m0st3st br00t41 4lbum 3V4HHHHH

Cons:
People actually love this shit
Elitists think all deathcore sounds like this
BREE BREE!!!!!!!!!
BREE BREE!!!!!
BREE BREE!!!!
BREE MOTHER FUCKEN BREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall 4/10 (just for the laughing factor)

Beneath the Massacre - Dystopia (2008)

Beneath the Massacre - Dystopia


Genre: Technical Death Metal
For Fans of: Anything fast and "brutal"

I felt like writing a shorter review and I picked this cd since I knew it would be very easy to review. To put it simple this band is fast........well actually very fast. If you listen to even one song its quite obvious the drummer steals the show and its obvious he uses the triple bass. But onto actually talking about the cd itself

The album starts off with a brief moment of silence then going into some really fast gutiar and drum play then the vocalist comes in with his deep rawr. Track 2 dosn't dissapoint then track 4 is a brief moment of creepy silence before starting the 5th song. Dystopia as expected is a constant full on assault of insane riffing and brutal hooks. The only thing the cd lacks is melody but in this genre it really isn't supposed to be there so I guess thats acceptable. The album is really just a straightforward assault that goes on and on and is over within 32 minuetes so its actaully a good thing this album is short. With that said you can't really complain to much about this album unless you want to talk about repetetivness. I know I say this in all my reviews but some of the tracks you wont be able to tell apart mostly cuz you can never understand the vocalist at all. Also the vocalist is very monotone and never raises his pitch on his low growl. Drums are no different always playing constant double bass so you really have to pay most attention to the gutiars which tend to freshen stuff up.

With all that said if you've heared there first cd you've heared this one. You won't find many differences on this album from the other one, but if the first album wasn't enough for you and your craving for more then this album will do you more then that. I must say that my favorite tracks are Condemned, Reign of Terror, Bitter, and No Future. The solos that appear from time to time are also very well executed but like I said I can't promise you this cd is worth the buy unless you really want something with pure "up your ass" brutallity.

Pros:
Its fast
Its heavy as fuck
Its fast and heavy as fuck
It might make you shit your insides out
Everyone is very talented in the band

Cons:
They show they can play fast and nothing much more.
Harvest of hate shoulda been longer
I can't really find anything wrong with the cd itself

Overall: 7/10
Buy?: If you loved the first album and want more or never bought the first album give this a try. I bought it and I feel I got what I wanted so I'm satisfied.

See You Next Tuesday - Intervals (2009)

See you Next Tuesday - Intervals


Genre: Deathcore/Grindcore
For Fans of: White Chapel, Suicide Silence, Job for a cowboy

OMFG!!!! How do I start this shit off. What do you get when you combine all of the negative elements of all three bands shown up ahead? 2 words PURE SHITCOCK and thats exactly how I can describe this album. Its so shitcock that it will probably knock another year off of deathcore's lifespan. Its so shitcock that even Waking the Cadaver fans will cry. Its so shitcock that its.....SHIT ON A COCK!! Hell it's even so shitcock that imma do myself a favor and put on Carnifex and listen to both of there cds 12 times in a row maybe then i'll review that cd again and give it a 10 out of 10.

Now onto the music itself the cd starts off with its little which goes into "In the End" (linkin park neone?) by the time track 3 comes on you ask yourself "are all these tracks 1 minuete long?". Sadly they all preatty much are exept a few songs which sound like a ripoff of the older atreyu days. So the formula goes like this:
Track 1: intro
Track 2: 1 minuete grind song
Track 3: 1 minuete grind song
Track 4: 1 minuete grind song
Track 5: wtf is this?
Track 6: Really shitty metalcore song

and so on... To make matters worse this cd has 17 tracks! They all sound the exact same and have no structure at all. One very important thing when writing an album (wait this is an album?) is songwriting and apparantly that wasn't on there checklist of things to do. Its like they went into the studio and played around with there instruments 17 times then said "alright we got a cd time to rip some kids off". I really hope to god this is a joke band because if they are really trying then they are in big trouble. The only thing I can say is good is that if you play one song to annoy someone in the room then its great for that or if you just want 1 minuete of senseless screaming with no real guitarwork. Other then that there is no point in even downloading this shit. F-MINUS MOTHER FUCKER!!!

Pros:
I didn't open it

Cons:
I have to waste both time and gas to return this bitch
No song structures
Songwriting??????????????????
Music??????
Album????????????????
Many kids will waste there money because the name gimmick
Did I mention it sucks?
Maybe
Okay it sucks you get the point

Overall: 2/10

Buy?: If you have tons of money buy it for someone you hate then shit on there face and call them an asshole for hating the gift you bought them.

ABACABB - Survivalist (2009)

Genre: Deathcore/Hardcore
For fans of: Hatebreed, Emmure, Throwdown, Terror, Liferuiner

I know i'm gonna take a lot of shit for this review especially by the Carnifex fanboys but I'm going to be very honest about this review. As i've mentioned in the last two reviews we've got many deathcore bands out there right now all mixing Death Metal vocals with Metalcore style structures and sound. Very few of these bands stick true to the hardcore/punk roots that started this genre in the first place. ABACABB is here to show how loyal they are to the big boys (Hatebreed, Terror, you know the deal).

The cd starts off with a creepy intro with a movie sample (jesus whats with the scary intros) its from some old movie from the 90's I believe. Track 2 starts off with a really clever intro showing that this band deffinently knows what there doing with the small amount of material they have to work with. When it comes to musicianship these guys aren't at all top notch but they do sure as hell sound very good. Tracks 3 and 4 follow similar formula's as the last two tracks and feature lots of breakdowns (its like they don't want you to rest at all) the vocals consist of very low typical gutteral stuff to the occasional high pitched shriek (which is very impressive) and the of course.....gang vocal shouts. Track 5 gives us another movie sample then goes into the band shouting "WE ARE....SURVIVALISTS" its preatty obvious why the band picked this as the title track.

Once the second half of the album starts it of course starts to get very predictable but very interesting still. Its a wonder why the high pitched shrieks are barley used since they are better then the lows that are used the whole time. While the jug jug chord playing is decently interesting it would be nice if the band mixed in some melody from time to time which isn't used untilt the last song. The most impressive track for me had to be the last song which is a 10 minuete instrumental which mixes in sort of a creepy style melody and sets well for ending the cds dark assault.

To top it off the drummer and the vocalist were meant to steal the show with this band. The guitars are almost the same chords over and over and the bass is barley audible exept for the end of the album, when the instruments all go silent exept the bass. Somehow this album seems to entertain me very much wheather its the sing along lyrics or the fact that its so true to its roots that inspired it. Or maybe the name? we'll never know I gotta give this a decent score tho since I feel where these guys are going and I see the next record being much better.

Pros:
Very old school hardcore style
They know what they are doing
lots of cussing!!
Awesome cover

Cons:
Very predictable
They don't step outside of the box
Lyrics arent anything "shakephere"
Cover might make you waste your money

Overall: 7/10

Buy?: Look for the sale price or get it used if you feel you might love this album.

Suicide Silence - The Cleansing (2007)

Suicide Silence - The Cleansing (2007 Century Media)


Genre: Deathcore/Grindcore
For fans of: Job for a Cowboy, All Shall Perish, The Red Chord, The Black Dahlia Murder

In the world of Deathcore we get bands that get mashed together with other bands all fighting to be "the next Job for a Cowboy"....or atleast that was the case until they changed themselves to generic death metal. Now its all about being the next Suicide Silence.

What started off as a fairly underground band stealing samples from Family Guy out of nowhere exploded in popularity (like hiroshima exploded) with there debut release "The Cleansing". While the disc wasn't really anything new or original in any way it was one of the first times the "br00tality" of deathcore was finnally done right. Its pherhaps the gimmicky lyrics that the band uses that grabbed its huge fanbase qoutes such as "pull the trigger bitch", "where is your fucking god", "The Doctors won't be able to recognize your FUCKING FACE" were all things that drew people into the album. Now how is the music you ask?

It opens up with the typical scary sounding intro with qoutes from movies and such then explodes into one of the most brutal cd openers of all time known as "Unanswered". Its one of those songs that can't be listed to alone and must be used as an intro I know we've all heared those types of tunes. Next up is Hands of a Killer which sounds suprisingly different from the rest of the album and is also a fan favorite for its complex song structure. Track 4 being one of my favorites fits its name perfectly. The Price of Beauty has pherhaps the best deathcore lyrics ever written (which isn't saying much) and is a great tune to scare the shit out of old people. Then we got the fallen which has a weak start with a very strong ending in fact its a very creepy song to say the least. Jumping straight in your face is No Pity for a Coward which is possibly one of the most popular deathcore songs ever made next to Entombment of a Machine by Job for a Cowboy, and Wage Slaves by All Shall Perish. Its unsuprising because of its very well executed breakdowns and the infamouse line known as "Seconds from the end, whats it gonna be? Pull the trigger bitch!". I must also mention the song itself is very good to if only it were just a little longer.

Then we kick onto the second half of the record where it tends to make the listener feel he/she has already heared everything the band has to offer. We get The Disease which has very well written lyrics but poorly written song itself. Bluedgened to Death kicks on next which has been a song the band has been repeatedly remaking since 2004 and getting better every time. Chances are you've heared this tune many times and pherhaps it sounds a little to similar to Price of Beauty but its okay cuz its a great tune. Girl of Glass I guess is decent the breakdown I gotta give credit for sounding nothing like the average one we get every day. In a Photograph has to be one of the creepiest and most chilling songs i've ever heared in my life. This also happens to be my third favorite track on the album if it werent for the lyrics i'd like it better. Up next for track 11 (damn we got that far) we got Eyes Sewn Shut which is my favorite song on the cd which thankfully isn't very popular either for the better. I must say this GOD DAMN I love this song a lot just about everything about it is good. Then we got the closer which I guess is an okay closer it does its job but its nothign super epic like a power metal record ending.

Overall despite the repetativeness and lack of originality this cd deserves the place it got within the deathcore scene, I however doubt it woulda gotten this popularity if it came out any later tho. Deffinently check this out if you for some reason havent yet.

Pros:
Very VERY heavy
Great memorable tracks
Deathcore done RIGHT!
Vocalist is very scary
Eyes Sewn Shut just KICKS ASS!!!

Cons:
Guitarists play the same shit over and over
Very repetative at times
Mediocore closer song
Alot of gimmicks

Overall: 8/10

Buy?: If you love all the tracks go head if not then get it on sale or used. If you like this stuff by all means pick this up!

Carnifex - The Diseased and the Poisoned

Carnifex - The Diseased and the Poisoned (2008 Victory Records)

Genre: Deathcore
For fans of: Suicide Silence, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish, Job for a Cowboy (old)





Its a wonder to some people these days why the post-metalcore genre known as "Deathcore" gets so much bashing from Death Metal elitists. For those who are still confused this album pretty much sums it all up.

To start it off the album opens up with its "scary" intro along with a guy growling "SUUUU-FUUUU-RINGG!!" then a slow breakdown kicks in and it evolves into track 2. Suprisingly this is not a bad track if not very impressing to say the most. Then track 3 starts and your like its still preatty sweet for a bit then track 5 comes on and your wondering "so whens this band gonna experiment and do something different?" Unfortunently the entire album does in fact sound the same hell tracks 2 and 4 have the exact same drum intro and exact same harmonies. Carnifex is also another case of a band recyling breakdowns on tracks, however this band dosn't just do it a few times they to it almost constantly.

Bands wonder why kids download these days I mean by pay 13 dollars for the same song put onto the cd 12 times? Fortunently the album is preatty good in short bursts or when ur driving and not really paying too much attention to the cd. Its also good when ur in a bad mood or wanna annoy ur parents/preppy sister, or rednecks in the school parking lot. To sum it up if you've heared Suicide Silence you've heared this band nothing new to be found hear....

Pros:
Very heavy
Breakdowns are.....cool?
Music isn't bad at all

Cons:
Nothing new
All the songs are the same
Breakdowns are heavilly recycled
Theres too many breakdowns!!!
Every song has atleast 4 breakdowns
Did I mention Breakdowns?

Overall: 5.5/10

Buy?: Download it or get it used for a cheap price no need to drop 13 dollars.

Grading scale

Welcome to my new blog I will rate cds from a scale of 1-10, and wether u should buy it or not.

1: Completely unlistenable
2: One of the worst things i've ever heared
3. Terrible but may have a good song or 2
4. Not the worst but deffinently bad
5. Not really bad at all but not good either
6. Decent/average deffinently give it a shot
7. Preatty good still with a few things holding it back
8. Great definently recommended especially if your into the genre.
9. Almost perfect maybe some odd spots hold it back
10. Pretty much perfect in every way not one boring spot on the album.