While the boys are busy putting out a good deathcore record for this year, here's an old review I wrote for Encyclopaedia Metallum concerning their debut demo.
This band considers them deathcore, a genre that has been blamed for creating havoc in the metal scene. Honestly, I have no problems with this genre no matter what people say. Before people start flaming this band, I have to say this band is amazing. “They Found Her in Pieces”; claims that they are deathcore but they are what I would call “blackened deathcore.” You might think this is a joke but this isn’t. This free for download demo comes in 4 tracks that are very catchy and easy to listen to.
The first track, Beyond the Wall of Sleep comes in with a drum roll intro and a melodic death/black metal riff comes in. The vocal comes in with a blackened feel. The riff comes in the form of heavy chunky breakdowns used in a good ways. It’s amazing how the vocalist can do both pig squeals and shrieks well and do not sound annoying. The track is extremely catchy and the snare beats are really consistent.
The next track, Kraken comes in a calming form and explodes into a blackened feel and transcends to a heavy breakdown. A voice sample is present in this song which is some sort works as an opening to the breakdown. There are good stop start lead works in this song and at times, stop start snare beats. Again, the versatile vocalist gives us doses of black metal styled vocals and death metal gurgles. The song fades out in the end.
The third track, The Wild Hunt starts off with a stop start riff and death metal vocals. After a tiny shriek, acoustic guitar comes in and interchanges with breakdowns a couple times. A guitar solo comes in and a “mosh part” comes in. This song has Gothenburg moments in some parts. The vocals again, interchange between gurgles and harsh vocals in the vein of Graveworm.
The last and fourth track starts off with an intense Gothenburg melodic death metal sound but gets disrupted with a tiny breakdown. Some good lead works enters to give it a much more melodic edge. Some good sounding tremolos are thrown into the mix. I don’t know why but this track reminds me of Crematory but with hardcore breakdowns. Maybe be it’s because the track is catchy. Impressive lead works but the breakdown towards the end really kills it.
To sum up, this band plays an interesting branch of deathcore. The breakdowns are not as dull as what you might compare to other hardcore bands. During breakdowns, lead works always save the song. Not to mention the band’s versatile vocalist. If you are curious how this band manages to combine blackened vocals into deathcore, just get it. It’s not brutal but catchy and fun. Well, metal is meant to be fun right?
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