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Asking Alexandria are a five band who formed in 2003 in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, the band play hardcore/screamo music in the heaviest possible
way. The band are now signed to Hangmans Joke Records in the UK and will
unleash their debut album 'The Irony Of Your Perfection' onto the public
in the middle of September.
The bands debut album 'The Irony Of Your Perfection' is one of the most
energetic hardcore albums I have heard in some time, with so much going
on at once. The albums opens with 'In Loving Memory Of You, Despite You'
which starts off with a nice piano introduction which leaves you thinking
this album is going to be quite chilled out, but a minute later, track
two 'Writing Her Ballad' kicks in with a heavy assault of guitar work
and frontman James Murray's full on roaring screams. 'Bitter Revenge,
Sweet Tragedy' starts off with some quiet sounding screams which soon
gets louder seconds later followed up with some spot on constant banging
drumming. 'Bite Your Lip And Fake It' is yet another hard hitting song
with a slightly melodic chorus which fits in well because it doesn’t
verge to far away from the bands overall sound. To be fair the whole album
is pretty spot on where everything fits in well.
Normally most screamo bands sound the same as each other and there is
not much to separate one from the other but Asking Alexandria are a lot
different from the rest. The band have so much going on and have created
such a heavy mixture of music that fits together well and has had good
production. The guitar work is stunning and the vocals are raw and heavy
but also have a slight melodic edge in places. The album is twelve tracks
long but also has four bonus tracks, but the bonus tracks are pretty average.
If you are looking at getting into some new bands, check out Asking Alexandria
as they are a tight sounding band, their debut album can’t be faulted
and I’m sure the best from this band is to be seen at their live
shows. Asking Alexandria have an extremely bright future ahead of themselves.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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James (Vocals)
Ben (Guitar)
Hitesh (Drums)
Mark (Bass)
Robin (Drums) |
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1 - In loving memory of you, despite you
2 - Writing her ballad
3 - Bitter revenge, sweet tragedy
4 - Bite your lip and fake it
5 - Asking for ashes
6 - My last words before its all over
7 - Numb in a matter of screams
8 - Gramophone elegance
9 - Bullets in a music box
10 - Wings for the sake of falling
11 - Friends before angels
12 - The irony of your perfection
13 - Red letter day
14 - Bite your lip and fake it (Demo)
15 - Gramophone elegance (Demo)
16 - Snow falls as memories fade |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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