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“I want to know why the fuck you’re
really here / Why are you here? / Empty, no I’ll
never be / Ten years undying disease” is the
potently introspective, opening salvo that marks
a decade together for Bleeding Through. It forms
part of their sixth studio album and is a clear
indication of the band’s state of mind. It’s
this frank self-assessment that defines the album
and sees them suck up a plethora of metal and hardcore
styles to deliver a more antagonistic, bile-soaked
rollercoaster ride than ever before.
Derek Youngsma’s frantic drums are as colossal
as ever and with guitarists Brian Leppke and Dave
Nassie, making his recording debut, throwing shreds
and solos about like confetti there is very little
room left for Brendan Schiepatti to squeeze his
vocals into. His indicative, acid-gargling scowl
is always there, however, bravely battling away
against the tidal wave of sound threatening to
drown him.
Kicking away from the expansive, symphonic keyboard
washes that litter the album, we recoil at the
bitch-slap chants of ‘Anti-Hero’ and
‘This Time Nothing Is Sacred‘. We
curiously detour into the sweetly-sung choruses
of ‘Salvation Never Found’ and ‘Distortion,
Devotion’, before we sink into the lumbering
swamp metal of ’Light My Eyes’ and
disappear down a vortex of bloodied fists and
cantankerous thunder as ‘Drag Me To The
Ocean’ and ‘Slow Your Roll’
drop.
There aren’t many bands with the kind of
rash bravado required to attempt the level of
genre-flicking that Bleeding Through partake in
and here, with their sound delving deeper into
darkness than ever before, the blinding patches
of light stand out even more. This album should
really come with a pair of sunglasses attached
- without some kind of filter we are dilating
with the Suicide Silence and Lamb Of God shadings
and squinting as the Lacuna Coil and Within Temptation
nuances hove into view. It’s transparent
that, with their record company disputes now seemingly
behind them, the band have emerged with a real
call-to-arms and a very personal album; an album
that promises to define their future.
4/5
Review by John Skibeat |
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Brandan Schieppati
Brian Leppke
Ryan Wombacher
Derek Youngsma
Marta Peterson
Dave Nassie |
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1. A Resurrection
2. Anti-Hero
3. Fifteen Minutes
4. Your Abandonment
5. Salvation Never Found
6. Breathing In The Wrath
7. This Time Nothing Is Sacred
8. Divide The Armies
9. Drag Me To The Ocean
10. Light My Eyes
11. Slow Your Roll
12. Distortion, Devotion |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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