  
Obey The Brave are some Canadian newbie bruisers
that I came across when attending the 2012 Impericon
Never Say Die UK tour and found myself extremely
impressed with them, their live set was absolutely
fantastic, powerful and enjoyable but if you want
to know about that you can read my other review!
Nevertheless I was waiting for their album to
be released anyway before I attended the gig and
then when I saw their performance I was completely
blown away, real down to earth concepts with upbeat
themes and aggressive tones, right then I knew
I had to get hold of this album with the hope
I could get that raw feeling onto my iPod.
The best way I can describe what their sound like
is with “It Starts Today” and it has
elements taken from an extremely vast range of
musical styles; there’s some metalcore riffs,
Hatebreed-esque hardcore elements, positive messages
and lyrical lines. The band are Canadian, there
are parts of Canada where French is their main
language, it’s nice that Obey The Brave
have got a song “Garde Le Tete Froide”
which is written in French and I must say whilst
I have no idea what the lyrics are it’s
a savage beast! It really is the perfect mesh
of styles as it’s got that old school hardcore
feel mixed in with some odd deathcore sounds but
with crunchy melodies and riffs, “Get Real”
is another good one with the chorus line and introductory
line ringing out “DON’T LOSE YOUR
HEAD”.
It’s so fresh to hear authoritative metal
music with a positive message and attitude makes
them actual role models, alongside that factor
they really do have the music to back it up as
the style and tone on this material is so fresh.
“Early Graves” is probably my favourite
song on the album and “Burning Bridges”
is the only song to actually include any clean
vocals in the mix, possibly experimentation but
who knows, I’ll tell you what I know this
is the freaking shit and I’m glad I discovered
these guys so early on in their careers.
4.5/5
Review by James Webb
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