Saturday, November 22, 2008

Unconsecrated- The Red Shore


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Despite recent tragedies that would have ended most bands, The Red Shore have battled on to create this full length masterpiece.

While they originally were apart of the hardcore scene they are now straight up metal.
During the recording of this album I was worried that this album might not be all it is hyped up to be after all the recent changes but its has completely exceeded my expectations, they have produced an amazing technical death metal sound which lies between Decapitated and The Black Dahlia Murder.

The level of musicianship displayed on the album is very good. 
Jamie presents good screams and decent growls, the guitar work is very technical and provides some suprising moments here and there. The bass is quite out of the ordinary and the drums present a full on attack loaded with talent.
However i still find that many parts of this album sound too similar which can become boring.

Although this album is quite short at just 34 minutes it  is a very good listen and shows that this band will have a positive looking future.
If you're a fan of deathcore or death metal you will love this album.

Score: 8.2/10





Dead Man Walking EP- Sleep Serapis, Sleep!


Well i decided to pick up this EP from Milwaukee metallers Sleep Serapis, Sleep!

At first i was expecting this to be just another metalcore album that will sound like the rest but it is definately not. Straight from the word go you just get a feeling this album is going to be good.
The intro song Dead Man Walking is a perfect start to this album, its sums the whole album up in just over a minute. Its heavy, fast, and quite unique to most metalcore you will hear these days.

The songs are written very well and this is an album you will want to keep on listening to.
if youre a Bring Me The Horizon fan you will like this album as Mike Cattani has a very similar vocal style.
I feel Julian and Roy have done extremely well on guitars, they have produced some very hard hitting riffs that can be heard all throughout the album.

Well this is just a short summary of the album but I would definately recommend this album to any fans of Hardcore music.


Score: 8.6/10