Thick As Blood "Embrace" Eulogy Recordings
i like heavy, tough hardcore. Eulogy sure knows how to churn that out. TAB had a previous album, "Moment of Truth". I downloaded it (paid for...). It was ok - like when i am in the mood for tough stuff, i can throw it on. (as opposed to being in an ambivalent mood and a Terror or Skare Tactic or DBD getting played cuz they stand out so much.) Something just lacked on MOT. A touch too generic.
Fast forward to "Embrace". I picked up the actual CD. God damn. These dudes stepped it up. Whatever that missing click was, they found it.
These songs are heavy as shit, midtempo-to-fast metalcore. LOTS of breakdowns. All growls for the vocals. No emo singing crap. I definitely want to spinkick and throw some fists to this. They definitely owe some big ups to Throwdown, but i like this better than what that Pantera, Jr has put out recently. Defnitely, these dudes fit in well with that Black My Heart and Blood Stands Still stuff. They are touring with Sworn Enemy; which they are akin too, but less thrash. This is more straight-up moshcore. "Decimator", "Raising Hell", and "Unbreakable" are stand out tracks. I mean, this does get redundant here and there. But, if you are looking within this genre, then this statment is relative to those parameters. We are not looking for Tool or Rush odysseys. TAB is extremely better than Bury Your Dead or any Victory nonsense. I mean, on their myspace you can subscribe to each individual member's twitter account. Dumb to me but it's what the kids want these days. So, if these guys get lumped in with all that stuff, please know that they stand above. While not the new Terror, these guys are above average. Again HEAVY, fierce, crushing hardcore. 7/10
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