cbmartinez
11-25-2004, 04:20 PM
Artist: The Procedure
Album: Rise Of New Reason
Genre: Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore
Label: Brightside/Blackout!
http://www.brightsiderecords.com/releaseimages/blk63(1).jpg
Ed Adams- Bass
Mike Donatelli- Drums
Frank Fenimore- Guitar
Bill Henderson- Guitar, Vocals
Jesse Traynor- Vocals
http://www.purevolume.com/theprocedure
http://www.theprocedure.com
Track Listing:
1. Forcing The Pin Back Into The Grenade
2. Two Words
3. Bad Decision
4. This Time It’s Personal*
5. For Janus
6. Animosity In Transit
7. Strip Mall Houdini*
8. Lifted
9. One With The Earth
10. Burned Beyond Recognition*
11. Exquisite Massacre*
12. Tackling The Azimuth*
Review:
I am a huge Thursday fan, and when I found out about that former Thursday guitarist Bill Henderson, who played on Thursday’s debut Waiting, had formed a band after being kicked out, I was thrilled. Brought to my attention by Sk8SkaNJ, I found a band by the name of The Procedure on Purevolume. Eager to hear anything that had to do with Thursday, I listened to both of the songs, “Strip Mall Houdini” and “Bad Decision.” It’s very important that everyone understands that The Procedure sound nothing like Thursday. The only similarity I could find was the eerie guitar leads that are very prevalent in both Thursday and The Procedure, most likely courtesy of Bill Henderson. But just because it didn’t sound like Thursday, it did not mean I didn’t like it. The Procedure is a hardcore band, plain and simple. Fast riffs, screamed vocals, angry gang shouts and the occasional chug. I was a little bit dejected when I found out that The Procedure had broken up just months ago and had been playing shows around my area. So, I listened to the songs every now and then until one day, when I was browsing in a local music store in upstate New York. There at the front the CD rack was The Procedure’s debut Rise Of New Reason. I excitedly spent my last $20 dollars on it, knowing this could be my only chance to buy it. The first couple of time I played it, I was mildly impressed. I guess I was still kind of caught up with the fact that the band didn’t have a Thursday type sound. But I grew to appreciate the CD. Rise Of New Reason is the first strictly hardcore CD I bought so it naturally took some time to get into. It’s not the best hardcore CD out there, but it’s a fast and powerful one that makes for a very enjoyable listen.
The CD starts immediately with the overdriven intro of “Forcing The Pin Back Into The Grenade.” The Procedure lets their intent be know right away, to make powerful hardcore music to get you moving and angry. All of the instruments are played excellent. The intro is filled with Mike Donatelli’s fast drumming and after a quick shout of ”Fire away! It’s now or never!” the quick bass and guitar leads of Bill Henderson and Ed Adams brings the verse to life. A cool little breakdown follows, with gang shouts and palm muted guitar. The song collapses around 1:45 with a cool little bass beat, chugging guitars and a scream of, “I light the fuse, but don’t let go,” only to be followed by a beautiful blend of bass and Jesse Traynor’s impressive clean vocals. The song ends brutally and flows right into “Two Words.” “Two Words” is a speedy little attack on a “fashion whore.” At around one minute, the music slowly descends and Adams unfolds a speedy little bass fill. The chaos builds into a scream of, “I’ve got just two words for you: fashion whore!” and ends with Henderson’s strained backing vocals. The song once again flows right into “Bad Decision,” an attack on what I believe to be promiscuous sex. The song starts with eerie leads and guitar and screams that blast away. After a brutal intro, Traynor softly sings the line, “inexperience is no excuse for ignorance.” Other lines include, “how does your sorority foster promiscuity” and “and I’ll tell you now, so when I burn your house down don’t say you weren’t warned. This is your warning.” Obviously a viciously angry attack on someone or something. The song ends with a couple cool leads. Though the first couple times I listened to the songs, they seemed to blur into one hardcore mess, the songs each have their own little fun, catchy parts.
“This Time It’s Personal” begins with ferocious drumming and guitar riffing, backed by Traynor’s angry screams. Over in a quick 1:08, “This Time It’s Personal” still stands as one of the most hard-hitting tracks on the CD. After a quick intro, one of my favorite moments on the CD begins, as Henderson’s catchy lead blends with Frank Fenimore’s palm-muted progression. “I’ll dig the trenches, you dig the graves! You drown your sorrows, I stab mine in the face,” screams Traynor, only to flow right into a clean vocal line, backed by speedy bass. The song ends with angry gang shouts of “We are at war!” Next is “For Janus,” which begins with a slow pick slide and is followed by Dontatelli’s double bass and the blend of guitars. The song is a vicious attack on someone who “won’t take a stand,” perhaps named Janus. The song features some catchy leads. The chorus is one of the most memorable ones on the CD as Traynor and Henderson scream, “For once in your goddamnlife, take a ****ing stand!” The song seems to end at 1:30 with a background scream from Henderson but a late cymbal hit tells you the song is not over. The song ends with a brutal breakdown and some nice vocal blends and flows right into “Animosity In Transit.” “Animosity In Transit” begins with clean vocals and clean guitar and soon explodes into full fledged hardcore, complete with quick fills and pummeling guitar. The chorus is anthem-worthy, as Traynor whispers, “Your colliding with reality” followed by a traditional hardcore gang shout of, “Your voice makes me sick!” After a brutal chug bit of, “I can’t bear another word!” Traynor returns to the smooth sound of the chorus, whispering the chorus line over a impressive, spacey bass beat. The song abruptly ends and moves right into, “Strip Mall Houdini,” a fan favorite. Like I said, the first couple times I listened to Rise Of New Reason, I was unimpressed. But I like it more with every listen and it is most definitely a level above most hardcore.
“Strip Mall Houdini” starts off with a clean guitar bit and then moves right into start stop guitar and melodic little leads. The riff keeps playing as Henderson echoes Traynor’s screams, making quite a brutal assault. The song continues in the ferocious manner until 1:47 when Adams plays a little bass fill and one of the CD’s best breakdowns unfolds. Complete with gang shouts, speedy leads and rhythm changes. The bridge begins at 2:27 as Henderson plays a quick lead backed by cymbal hits and Traynor’s whispers. Then at 2:45 the song explodes once again as the guitars begin to chug and the members of the band angrily chant, “We use this gift as a weapon!” The song continues in its chaotic manner until its abrupt end at 3:50. “Lifted” begins immediately with a very beautiful acoustic and violin intro. Traynor sings, “Now for the first time in my life, I’m not even close to where I’ve hoped that I could be. I need to find a way out of this place before I collapse and break my streak. I could touch that freedom, the pristine ivory room, lifted from reality, leaving me wide open.” But the mood is broken as the acoustics stop and the speedy bass enters, backed by a scream of, “Just look at me, we can change.” The song becomes the chaotic mess that we are familiar with. “Lifted” has many memorable parts including a cool little harmonic bit and some nice backing vocals. I think “Lifted” is about feeling hopeless. “One With The Earth” doesn’t waste time and begins with chugging guitars. The chorus is memorable as Henderson backs Traynor’s screams with the line of, “forever dead, forever gone.” The song stops at 2 minutes and then Traynor sings the verse one more time. The outro is brutally impressive and memorable and the song flows right into the clean line of “Burned By Recognition.” “One With The Earth” sings about someone attacking someone because of their lack in faith, perhaps in religion.
“Burned By Recognition” has a nice spacey intro as all of the members show off their talents. The song actually has a pop-punk feel at points and features lyrics about losing faith in a friend because they weren’t there. The song features one of my favorite moments as Henderson plays a frightening clean guitar line around 1:41. Though a bit misplaced, it still stands as one of my favorite moments, maybe because of it’s almost Thursday feel. The outro is almost breathtaking filled with chaotic chug, quick bass, violent leads and sinister leads. By far one of the best on the CD. “Exquisite Massacre” begins with a clean picking line that sounds as if it was pulled off of (Thursday’s) Waiting. Another memorable moment is the gang shout of “we know the truth.” The lyrics attack someone a “religious fanatic,” as the lines such as, “Paradoxical zealot; religious fanatic; you are nothing to me!” and “I refuse to live a life based on such ****!” The outro is a shining moment as Traynor repeatedly screams, “I’d rather burn” over a chaotic blend of instruments. The song ends with a unnecessary and annoying 50 seconds of feedback. The final track, “Tackling The Azimuth” starts out slow but soon breaks down into a catchy lead and palm muted riff. After a chaotic 2 and half minutes, “Tackling The Azimuth” temporarily transforms into a beautiful blend of clean guitars and violin. After an angry chant of “I’m tackling the azimuth!” some more chugging and more annoying feedback, the violin returns once again with a simple yet amazing line and plays over a chugging riff and the CD ends. It truly shines in its final moments.
Album: Rise Of New Reason
Genre: Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore
Label: Brightside/Blackout!
http://www.brightsiderecords.com/releaseimages/blk63(1).jpg
Ed Adams- Bass
Mike Donatelli- Drums
Frank Fenimore- Guitar
Bill Henderson- Guitar, Vocals
Jesse Traynor- Vocals
http://www.purevolume.com/theprocedure
http://www.theprocedure.com
Track Listing:
1. Forcing The Pin Back Into The Grenade
2. Two Words
3. Bad Decision
4. This Time It’s Personal*
5. For Janus
6. Animosity In Transit
7. Strip Mall Houdini*
8. Lifted
9. One With The Earth
10. Burned Beyond Recognition*
11. Exquisite Massacre*
12. Tackling The Azimuth*
Review:
I am a huge Thursday fan, and when I found out about that former Thursday guitarist Bill Henderson, who played on Thursday’s debut Waiting, had formed a band after being kicked out, I was thrilled. Brought to my attention by Sk8SkaNJ, I found a band by the name of The Procedure on Purevolume. Eager to hear anything that had to do with Thursday, I listened to both of the songs, “Strip Mall Houdini” and “Bad Decision.” It’s very important that everyone understands that The Procedure sound nothing like Thursday. The only similarity I could find was the eerie guitar leads that are very prevalent in both Thursday and The Procedure, most likely courtesy of Bill Henderson. But just because it didn’t sound like Thursday, it did not mean I didn’t like it. The Procedure is a hardcore band, plain and simple. Fast riffs, screamed vocals, angry gang shouts and the occasional chug. I was a little bit dejected when I found out that The Procedure had broken up just months ago and had been playing shows around my area. So, I listened to the songs every now and then until one day, when I was browsing in a local music store in upstate New York. There at the front the CD rack was The Procedure’s debut Rise Of New Reason. I excitedly spent my last $20 dollars on it, knowing this could be my only chance to buy it. The first couple of time I played it, I was mildly impressed. I guess I was still kind of caught up with the fact that the band didn’t have a Thursday type sound. But I grew to appreciate the CD. Rise Of New Reason is the first strictly hardcore CD I bought so it naturally took some time to get into. It’s not the best hardcore CD out there, but it’s a fast and powerful one that makes for a very enjoyable listen.
The CD starts immediately with the overdriven intro of “Forcing The Pin Back Into The Grenade.” The Procedure lets their intent be know right away, to make powerful hardcore music to get you moving and angry. All of the instruments are played excellent. The intro is filled with Mike Donatelli’s fast drumming and after a quick shout of ”Fire away! It’s now or never!” the quick bass and guitar leads of Bill Henderson and Ed Adams brings the verse to life. A cool little breakdown follows, with gang shouts and palm muted guitar. The song collapses around 1:45 with a cool little bass beat, chugging guitars and a scream of, “I light the fuse, but don’t let go,” only to be followed by a beautiful blend of bass and Jesse Traynor’s impressive clean vocals. The song ends brutally and flows right into “Two Words.” “Two Words” is a speedy little attack on a “fashion whore.” At around one minute, the music slowly descends and Adams unfolds a speedy little bass fill. The chaos builds into a scream of, “I’ve got just two words for you: fashion whore!” and ends with Henderson’s strained backing vocals. The song once again flows right into “Bad Decision,” an attack on what I believe to be promiscuous sex. The song starts with eerie leads and guitar and screams that blast away. After a brutal intro, Traynor softly sings the line, “inexperience is no excuse for ignorance.” Other lines include, “how does your sorority foster promiscuity” and “and I’ll tell you now, so when I burn your house down don’t say you weren’t warned. This is your warning.” Obviously a viciously angry attack on someone or something. The song ends with a couple cool leads. Though the first couple times I listened to the songs, they seemed to blur into one hardcore mess, the songs each have their own little fun, catchy parts.
“This Time It’s Personal” begins with ferocious drumming and guitar riffing, backed by Traynor’s angry screams. Over in a quick 1:08, “This Time It’s Personal” still stands as one of the most hard-hitting tracks on the CD. After a quick intro, one of my favorite moments on the CD begins, as Henderson’s catchy lead blends with Frank Fenimore’s palm-muted progression. “I’ll dig the trenches, you dig the graves! You drown your sorrows, I stab mine in the face,” screams Traynor, only to flow right into a clean vocal line, backed by speedy bass. The song ends with angry gang shouts of “We are at war!” Next is “For Janus,” which begins with a slow pick slide and is followed by Dontatelli’s double bass and the blend of guitars. The song is a vicious attack on someone who “won’t take a stand,” perhaps named Janus. The song features some catchy leads. The chorus is one of the most memorable ones on the CD as Traynor and Henderson scream, “For once in your goddamnlife, take a ****ing stand!” The song seems to end at 1:30 with a background scream from Henderson but a late cymbal hit tells you the song is not over. The song ends with a brutal breakdown and some nice vocal blends and flows right into “Animosity In Transit.” “Animosity In Transit” begins with clean vocals and clean guitar and soon explodes into full fledged hardcore, complete with quick fills and pummeling guitar. The chorus is anthem-worthy, as Traynor whispers, “Your colliding with reality” followed by a traditional hardcore gang shout of, “Your voice makes me sick!” After a brutal chug bit of, “I can’t bear another word!” Traynor returns to the smooth sound of the chorus, whispering the chorus line over a impressive, spacey bass beat. The song abruptly ends and moves right into, “Strip Mall Houdini,” a fan favorite. Like I said, the first couple times I listened to Rise Of New Reason, I was unimpressed. But I like it more with every listen and it is most definitely a level above most hardcore.
“Strip Mall Houdini” starts off with a clean guitar bit and then moves right into start stop guitar and melodic little leads. The riff keeps playing as Henderson echoes Traynor’s screams, making quite a brutal assault. The song continues in the ferocious manner until 1:47 when Adams plays a little bass fill and one of the CD’s best breakdowns unfolds. Complete with gang shouts, speedy leads and rhythm changes. The bridge begins at 2:27 as Henderson plays a quick lead backed by cymbal hits and Traynor’s whispers. Then at 2:45 the song explodes once again as the guitars begin to chug and the members of the band angrily chant, “We use this gift as a weapon!” The song continues in its chaotic manner until its abrupt end at 3:50. “Lifted” begins immediately with a very beautiful acoustic and violin intro. Traynor sings, “Now for the first time in my life, I’m not even close to where I’ve hoped that I could be. I need to find a way out of this place before I collapse and break my streak. I could touch that freedom, the pristine ivory room, lifted from reality, leaving me wide open.” But the mood is broken as the acoustics stop and the speedy bass enters, backed by a scream of, “Just look at me, we can change.” The song becomes the chaotic mess that we are familiar with. “Lifted” has many memorable parts including a cool little harmonic bit and some nice backing vocals. I think “Lifted” is about feeling hopeless. “One With The Earth” doesn’t waste time and begins with chugging guitars. The chorus is memorable as Henderson backs Traynor’s screams with the line of, “forever dead, forever gone.” The song stops at 2 minutes and then Traynor sings the verse one more time. The outro is brutally impressive and memorable and the song flows right into the clean line of “Burned By Recognition.” “One With The Earth” sings about someone attacking someone because of their lack in faith, perhaps in religion.
“Burned By Recognition” has a nice spacey intro as all of the members show off their talents. The song actually has a pop-punk feel at points and features lyrics about losing faith in a friend because they weren’t there. The song features one of my favorite moments as Henderson plays a frightening clean guitar line around 1:41. Though a bit misplaced, it still stands as one of my favorite moments, maybe because of it’s almost Thursday feel. The outro is almost breathtaking filled with chaotic chug, quick bass, violent leads and sinister leads. By far one of the best on the CD. “Exquisite Massacre” begins with a clean picking line that sounds as if it was pulled off of (Thursday’s) Waiting. Another memorable moment is the gang shout of “we know the truth.” The lyrics attack someone a “religious fanatic,” as the lines such as, “Paradoxical zealot; religious fanatic; you are nothing to me!” and “I refuse to live a life based on such ****!” The outro is a shining moment as Traynor repeatedly screams, “I’d rather burn” over a chaotic blend of instruments. The song ends with a unnecessary and annoying 50 seconds of feedback. The final track, “Tackling The Azimuth” starts out slow but soon breaks down into a catchy lead and palm muted riff. After a chaotic 2 and half minutes, “Tackling The Azimuth” temporarily transforms into a beautiful blend of clean guitars and violin. After an angry chant of “I’m tackling the azimuth!” some more chugging and more annoying feedback, the violin returns once again with a simple yet amazing line and plays over a chugging riff and the CD ends. It truly shines in its final moments.