 
Since traditional metalcore is deemed apparently
outdated, any band emerging in this modern age
has a gimmick or trademark to make them stand
out, as of late horror infused music is on the
rise with the likes of The Defiled, Motionless
In White, hell Rob Zombie and Murderdolls have
pushed that horror edge to almighty heights. It
works but it’s very well and good doing
something like that but it does restrict what
you are able to do both on and offstage in terms
of keeping it alive, finding middle ground is
a must to give yourself options to dive in deeper
or to drift away from it should the style stop
working, St. Louis newbies Tear Out The Heart
bring their debut album forward to face judgement
so let’s see just what they’ve got
to offer.
Funny I should have mentioned Motionless In White
as this is a very similar sounding style to those
guys but thankfully don’t take the gimmick
as far as those guys as to appear complete a complete
imitation to which they could just not win. Combining
thick heavier styled metal that almost in an instant
becomes this infectious lighter poppier style
with a sinister underlining, before just as soon
as it dropped switches back up to the brutality
mixed in alongside those that just seamlessly
flow from start to end. A lot of synthesised sounds
and thick bassy drops bring in a feel for that
modern age scene which has collected quite the
following in recent years that alongside some
good old fashion technicality and well written
riffs adds for quite the favourable listen. There
are a couple of guests; “Coffin Eyes”
features Dan Marsala from the popular band Story
Of The Year and sweet baby Jesus is it a mammoth
of a song with a simply evil vibe but a very big
sounding chorus line, the other one is “Undead
Anthem” featuring Caleb Shomo who currently
sings for Beartooth but used to be a part of the
American Attack Attack! Which is another untamed
monster with possibly the greatest structure on
the album.
To conclude… well I like it. The main point
though is that there is a damn lot of bands out
there at the moment that are all producing music
that sounds extremely similar which may mean that
this album could spin in a nightclub and you may
confuse it with others or it may pass you by,
I think that if given the time this can be one
the standout records of the genre. Don’t
get me wrong its hardly innovative brilliance
and has been done be for and will again but in
no way does that not mean it’s a damn good
listen.
4/5
Review by James Webb
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