Damrod
01-11-2004, 02:57 PM
Hatebreed
Rise of Brutality
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Track Listing:
1 Tear it down
2 Straight to your face
3 Facing what consumes you
4 Live for this
5 Doomsayer
6 Another day, another vendetta
7 A lesson lived is a lesson learned
8 Beholder of Justice
9 This is now
10 Voice of Contention
11 Chose or be chosen
12 Confide in no one
Some Band history
Hatebreed was formed 1993 in New Haven, Connecticut by Jamey Jasta (vocals), Sean Martin (guitar), Lou Richards (guitar), Chris Beatty (bass) and Rigg Ross (drums). The Debut "Under the knife is released shortly after. The songs were in the beginning like they are today: simple song design, but very hard, very direct. The topics of the lyrics are not political, but about general social problems. "Satisfaction is the death of desire" is the follow up record, and shows more metal influence then "Under the knife". Excessive touring follows, and Hatebreed play tours together with Slayer, and play the Ozzfest. The band gets more famous and recognised, and change to the major Universal. The album "Perseverance" (2002) smashes all fears of the fans in the ground, the band would make ammends to the mainstream and get softer. Songs and lyrics are as hard as before. Not much more than a year later, "The Rise of Brutality is released". Lou Richards and Rigg Ross left the band sortly after "Persaverance". No second guitarist is (officially) present, Matt Byrne took the place behind the drums.
Some general impressions
'Rise of Brutality' sounds more agressive and darker than 'Perseverance'. During my first listen to the album I thought: "It seems that the song structure got simpler, and the songs and lyrics got harder". But what about the thoughts on the second and third listening?
The mood and atmoshpere of the songs in fact got darker and more agressive. The album is fast paced. There is no to little pause between tracks, and they merge over into each other. Especially the first four tracks drive you forward. Before you even know the first track is over, the second kicks in. The drumming got much faster, there is more use of the double bass drumming. The riffs seem harder, the guitar and the bass seem deeper. Maybe that comes from different production and different mixing.
Nice to see is the use of musical accents. On some tracks there is a second guitar line, that gives the song a different twist. On 'Another day, another vendetta' for example. This song reminds me of songs by Raised Fist. Nice work. Similar use of a second guitar is present on 'This is now'. A gimmick for people who know 'Perseverance' is the first track, 'Tear it down'. This track is build around the 'Outro' riff of the former album, and builds a little bridge between those two records. Nice idea.
The lyrics and shouting of Jamey Jasta are much less 'positive'. There are still songs that tell you to carry on, and keep on going. But those sound not as positive as on 'Perseverance'. A good example is 'This is now'. Basically the song tells you to take the chances you have, and control your day. To control yourself, and your tomorrow. But the mood of the song is agressive, harsh, unfriendly. Overall it seems that Jasta was influenced by more negative expiriences during the creative process to 'Rise of brutality'.
What I really like about the album:
I think the use of those additional guitar work is an interesting idea. Also nice is the use of backing vocals, like heard on This is now' or 'Voice of Contention''. The record itself goes of with imense speed. The not existing pause between the songs makes listening to this record like a rollercoaster ride. Turn after turn. The record seems harder, like there was more concentration on the essence of what defines Hatebreed's music. It makes the record a good soundtrack for a bad day, if you have the feeling you have to punch everyone in the face. ;)
What was not so good:
The downside of this record is the same as with 'Perseverance', and it may have gotton worse. The songs got harder, but IMO more repetitive. The main driving component is the heavily pounding double bass, which sounds pretty the same on almost all songs. Same counts about guitar. It's a nice try by Jamey Jasta to bring some variation into his screaming. But it sounds pretty weak on 'Voice of contention'. Negative may also be, that the lyrics are much more 'depressive'. Many songs are essentially 'Why do I need you anyway? If you want me to help, show me you doubt me. Cause that is the only thing that drives me forward'.
Summary:
'Rise of Brutality' is a good and a bad record at the same time. The little change in sound makes it great for people who just look for hard pounding music. But the variation stays behind because of this. The excessive use of double bass is too much for me on tracks like 'Doomsayer' or 'Beholder of Justice'. It makes the tracks too monotonous IMO. Yet there are excellent tracks like 'Live for this' or 'This is now'. Overall I would suggest this album to fans of the previous Hatebreed album. And to people that like music from the hardcore/metalcore genre.
My suggestions: Live for this, Another day another vendetta, This is now
Rating: 3/5 :)
Rise of Brutality
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000TCOXW.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Track Listing:
1 Tear it down
2 Straight to your face
3 Facing what consumes you
4 Live for this
5 Doomsayer
6 Another day, another vendetta
7 A lesson lived is a lesson learned
8 Beholder of Justice
9 This is now
10 Voice of Contention
11 Chose or be chosen
12 Confide in no one
Some Band history
Hatebreed was formed 1993 in New Haven, Connecticut by Jamey Jasta (vocals), Sean Martin (guitar), Lou Richards (guitar), Chris Beatty (bass) and Rigg Ross (drums). The Debut "Under the knife is released shortly after. The songs were in the beginning like they are today: simple song design, but very hard, very direct. The topics of the lyrics are not political, but about general social problems. "Satisfaction is the death of desire" is the follow up record, and shows more metal influence then "Under the knife". Excessive touring follows, and Hatebreed play tours together with Slayer, and play the Ozzfest. The band gets more famous and recognised, and change to the major Universal. The album "Perseverance" (2002) smashes all fears of the fans in the ground, the band would make ammends to the mainstream and get softer. Songs and lyrics are as hard as before. Not much more than a year later, "The Rise of Brutality is released". Lou Richards and Rigg Ross left the band sortly after "Persaverance". No second guitarist is (officially) present, Matt Byrne took the place behind the drums.
Some general impressions
'Rise of Brutality' sounds more agressive and darker than 'Perseverance'. During my first listen to the album I thought: "It seems that the song structure got simpler, and the songs and lyrics got harder". But what about the thoughts on the second and third listening?
The mood and atmoshpere of the songs in fact got darker and more agressive. The album is fast paced. There is no to little pause between tracks, and they merge over into each other. Especially the first four tracks drive you forward. Before you even know the first track is over, the second kicks in. The drumming got much faster, there is more use of the double bass drumming. The riffs seem harder, the guitar and the bass seem deeper. Maybe that comes from different production and different mixing.
Nice to see is the use of musical accents. On some tracks there is a second guitar line, that gives the song a different twist. On 'Another day, another vendetta' for example. This song reminds me of songs by Raised Fist. Nice work. Similar use of a second guitar is present on 'This is now'. A gimmick for people who know 'Perseverance' is the first track, 'Tear it down'. This track is build around the 'Outro' riff of the former album, and builds a little bridge between those two records. Nice idea.
The lyrics and shouting of Jamey Jasta are much less 'positive'. There are still songs that tell you to carry on, and keep on going. But those sound not as positive as on 'Perseverance'. A good example is 'This is now'. Basically the song tells you to take the chances you have, and control your day. To control yourself, and your tomorrow. But the mood of the song is agressive, harsh, unfriendly. Overall it seems that Jasta was influenced by more negative expiriences during the creative process to 'Rise of brutality'.
What I really like about the album:
I think the use of those additional guitar work is an interesting idea. Also nice is the use of backing vocals, like heard on This is now' or 'Voice of Contention''. The record itself goes of with imense speed. The not existing pause between the songs makes listening to this record like a rollercoaster ride. Turn after turn. The record seems harder, like there was more concentration on the essence of what defines Hatebreed's music. It makes the record a good soundtrack for a bad day, if you have the feeling you have to punch everyone in the face. ;)
What was not so good:
The downside of this record is the same as with 'Perseverance', and it may have gotton worse. The songs got harder, but IMO more repetitive. The main driving component is the heavily pounding double bass, which sounds pretty the same on almost all songs. Same counts about guitar. It's a nice try by Jamey Jasta to bring some variation into his screaming. But it sounds pretty weak on 'Voice of contention'. Negative may also be, that the lyrics are much more 'depressive'. Many songs are essentially 'Why do I need you anyway? If you want me to help, show me you doubt me. Cause that is the only thing that drives me forward'.
Summary:
'Rise of Brutality' is a good and a bad record at the same time. The little change in sound makes it great for people who just look for hard pounding music. But the variation stays behind because of this. The excessive use of double bass is too much for me on tracks like 'Doomsayer' or 'Beholder of Justice'. It makes the tracks too monotonous IMO. Yet there are excellent tracks like 'Live for this' or 'This is now'. Overall I would suggest this album to fans of the previous Hatebreed album. And to people that like music from the hardcore/metalcore genre.
My suggestions: Live for this, Another day another vendetta, This is now
Rating: 3/5 :)