 
It’s no secret, I have always a love-hate
relationship with BMTH; when I was younger I hated
them simply because of the attitude of their diehard
fans and the actions of the band themselves, I
let it get that far that when I actually heard
a few songs that I liked I denied it to the death,
so here it is whilst I may not be a huge fan and
some of their songs I actively despise, a fair
few are ridiculously infectious and impressive.
I must say I’ve been completely thrown off
with this; it was nothing that I would ever have
associated with this band prior. They started
off an aggressive hardcore band and then followed
it up with a huge amount of programming experimenting
which paid off, that lead off into another extremely
aggressive collection of tracks, so from that
we’ve lead onto a very ominous toned down
melodic mash of tunes. I’m completely taken
aback; they’ve played a risky move because
this kind of material can work into their set
really well as a sing-a-long interlude right in
the middle, “Can You Feel My Heart”
as a prime example. Don’t get me wrong their
essence is still present with songs like “Sleepwalking”
which at times is like an untamed beast but is
still so different.
When “Shadow Moses” hit I felt myself
loosen up a bit as I thought “finally a
song that is true to their career” but even
that still lacks the aggression that past material,
not to say that that’s a bad thing, in fact
seeing as they started this as teenagers it seems
that their music is maturing with them, just the
types of material “Seen It All Before”
and “And The Snakes Start To Sing”
baffle me but whilst they’re interesting
now as they are different it isn’t what
I would be in the mood for if I had chose BMTH
so that novelty might die young but we’ll
see.
Right to sum up; absolutely loved the likes of
“Shadow Moses”, “Sleepwalking”,
“Anti-Vist” and “The House Of
Wolves”, I really got into them and as heavy
songs they have the complexity and groove infused
aggression that really peaks my attention. Songs
that I feel will start to get on my tits are “Can
You Feel My Heart”, “Hospital For
Souls” and “Seen It All Before”,
just those 3 and I loved the other 7 tracks so
statistically with me this is a hit, all be it
a rather baffling one and the more I listen to
it the more I love it.
4/5
Review by James Webb
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