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Sharp End First are a five piece band that are based
in Bath, they have toured with many huge bands such
as Hundred Reasons, Textures, Twin Zero, Sikth and
many others, they released their debut EP 'Warchie'
last year which got a mixed response from the press.
The band are now back with their debut full length
album 'Rule The Day' and to be honest I really can’t
take these guys seriously, don’t get me wrong
the musical style that they play is pretty heavy
and they can certainly play their instruments extremely
well, the melodic backing vocals sound pretty spot
on too but front man Flit's vocals sound extremely
out of place, they are raw screams but really badly
sounding raw screams like he’s under water
screaming, think of Dani Filth's vocals from Cradle
Of Filth running over the top of a song by Rise
Against and you will be close to understanding what
a fucked up sound Sharp End First really have.
The instrumental work on offer is pretty spot
on such as on the opening track 'Super Thriller',
the guitar riffs are quite bold and heavy sounding
and the drumming working up to its explosive peak
is quite impressive but as soon as the song hits
43 seconds in length the lead vocals come in sounding
so out of place, as the song goes on, the vocals
vary but the raw vocals are still there but they
are rallying with melodic sing a long vocals which
fits the bands sound quite well despite the fact
the raw screams really ruin the overall sound.
The guitar riffs on 'Wishbones' are well worth
checking out as well, they are proper fast and
extremely heavy and will excite most people that
like the sound of a good guitar riff but once
again the moment is ruined by the out of place
odd sounding main raw vocals, there are more melodic
vocals on offer throughout the song that work
really well but guard your ears as it’s
very unpredictable when the raw vocals come in.
If Sharp End First could produce more songs like
'Love Less Regret' then they would be on the right
tracks to getting somewhere, the song is fast
paced, quite melodic and the sound really suits
them, there are raw screams on offer but this
time they sound a lot different and totally fit
in place.
You have to respect Sharp End First for trying
to do something slightly different but whoever
had the idea of having those hideous sounding
raw, shouty, out of place lead vocals needs help
as they do nothing but ruin the bands sound, if
Sharp End First go back to the drawing board and
remove or modify the lead vocals and stick to
the more melodic vocals then they could have the
potential of getting their music across to people,
but with a half finished sound like this. Sharp
End First aren’t going anywhere in a hurry.
2/5
Review by Trigger |
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1. Super Thriller
2. Nameless
3. Blinded By Belief
4. Wishbones
5. Dividing Infinity
6. Remote Chance Of Survival
7. Love Less Regret
8. Warchie
9. Don't Let Them Fall
10. So Be It
11. Suffer Yourself |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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