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Bridge Nine is a record label that I have a lot
of time for at the moment, the label have recently
signed a lot of big bands with the most recent signing
being long time running punk rockers New Found Glory,
the labels roaster of bands is pretty exciting and
their latest set of releases is even better with
albums coming out from New Found Glory and H20 recently
and now the new album from Verse are just about
to be released.
Verse are a five piece hardcore band from America
who have released two albums previously and are
just about to unleash their third full length
studio album 'Aggression' up on the world. You
may be wondering how aggressive an album called
'Aggression' actually is, well if you have heard
the bands previous material then you will be pleasantly
surprised to learn that 'Aggression' is a lot
more mature and a lot more aggressive than the
bands earlier stuff.
'Aggression' opens with 'The New Fury' and the
song is a monster of a track which starts off
with a quiet riff before exploding into pure madness,
with guitar riffs coming in thick and fast and
frontman Sean Murphy screaming "They've got
themselves a new spin on the story, twisted for
one-sided glory", the riffs throughout the
whole song are huge sounding and the overall song
has so much power, energy and passion.
The songs throughout the album are all short
and sweet with the majority of the 12 tracks running
for just over 1 or 2 minutes, this is where Verse
are a lot different from your average hardcore
band, most hardcore bands have songs that run
for a long time and everything sounds the same
throughout and you either love or hate the vocals,
but with Verse the songs are so short but have
so much going on that you never get bored, and
frontman Sean Murphy’s vocals are quite
shouty and angry but at the same time you can
clearly hear his lyrics, unlike with most hardcore
bands.
'Old Guards, New Methods' is a fast and furious
track from the beginning, the guitar riffs are
thick and plenty, the drumming is a full on assault
of the drum kit which surely must be battered
by the end of this 2 minutes and 31 seconds of
pure hecticness. Sean Murphy’s vocals are
fast and aggressive and fit in well with the bands
angry music.
'Signals' is a great song, it only runs for 1
minute and 22 seconds but Sean Murphy gets more
lyrics across in that time than your average band
would get across in a 5 minute song, this is pure
brutal music at its best. As soon as 'Signals'
finishes the band go straight into 'Scream' a
song that follows on nicely and to start with
sounds like the same song until musically it chills
down a bit before becoming heavy again which then
fades to a more chilled out soundscape outro.
The main highlight on the album is 'Story Of
A Free Man' the track is split into 3 parts 'The
end Of Innocence', 'The Cold Return' and 'Serenity',
and tells a story about a man who has been sent
to war, the 3 parts are quite different from each
other but are full of pure aggression and works
really well with frontman Sean Murphy screaming
"I'm walking away from this" over and
over again during the final chapter of the story.
One of the main highlights on the album is 'Blind
Salvation', the song comes straight after the
epic 3 part song 'Story Of A Free Man' and is
such a short aggressive song that runs for less
than a minute but shows perfectly how music in
the hardcore scene should be executed.
Overall 'Aggression' is the album of Verse's
career so far and is also a very important album
for the hardcore scene, an album that should help
the scene change for the better, Verse are totally
worth checking out so do yourself a favour and
get down to your local record shop and pick up
a copy of 'Aggression', and take time to read
the lyrics as Verse are so talented when it comes
to writing lyrics.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Zak drummond
Sean Murphy
Eric Lepine
Shawn costa
Christopher Berg |
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1. Mesopotamia
2. Animal
3. Lie
4. Coward
5. Cruel Melody
6. The Mark
7. I Have A Need
8. 4 Walls
9. Stop A Bullet
10. One Of Yours
11. New Hunger
12. I Am Where It Takes Me
13. Iodine Sky
14. Kill The Queen (Bonus Track)
15. Fall Below (Bonus Track)
16. Mesopotamia (Remix) (Bonus Track)
17. Lie (Remix) (Bonus Track) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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