 | Tracklist:
1. Kersed
2. It's Going To Be A Cold Winter
3. This Is My War
4. You're All The Same
5. Troubled Waters
6. Throwing Bricks
7. I Want To Put This To An End
| Ranking: #32 for 2005 | |
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| Summary: Ceremony's debut release is short, loud, and angry. It easily is on a list of the best Hardcore album in the last ten years. |
Hardcore is a term that is thrown around a lot. It is one of the loosest possible genres today, because of the misconception of the meaning. But this review is not going to be a long, overdrawn rant about what true hardcore is. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and how they view the genre. Ruined is a very interesting record. It is the first release from California hardcore act Ceremony. It has only seven tracks on the disc, and it is the fastest seven tracks you’ve ever heard. The whole disc barely lasts ten minutes. It truly is a random outburst of violence. Why does this deserve such a high ranking? Because Ceremony is, in the truest sense: Hardcore.
Everything from the first note, to the last cymbal crash is delivered as perfect as it could be. Every instrument is completely audible, and each throws in a key factor in making these songs relatable. The guitars are riddled with distortion, and are choppy at most points. The drums are pounded as fast as possible. All this is done on purpose, and pulled off brilliantly. This isn’t a group of kids hitting random things and hoping it sounds good. The bass guitar is what really keeps the songs grooving. The first track Kersed has one of the most memorable bass lines in hardcore today. You don’t even have to like hardcore to know this line. The bass riff is written perfectly as it adds tension and drama to buildup the album. Three power chords are played and then you hear the words.
Quote:
Pack your fists full of hate,
take a swing at the world.
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Easily the most powerful part about this band is their vocals. Ross Farrar, Ceremony’s lead vocalist is arguably the best voice in hardcore today. The moment you hear him yelling, you can instantly feel his emotion. Raw, aggressive, sad, but most of all, angry. A lot of bands today will write songs about how they are pissed off at something, and express it in song. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and I’m not saying they are faking it, but with Ceremony, it is the only music I’ve ever heard where I can truly believe that this man is f***ing angry.
Quote:
I got a chip on my shoulder I’m on a losing streak.
There’s a cloud of contempt hanging over me,
because it's dog-eat-dog in a place like this.
Every man for himself so I use my fists.
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Ceremony is in a mass genre, a category all their own. They are not just singing about anger and hate, they are bringing it to the people. Their live show is more chaotic than this record is. They easily deserve their place as one of the best hardcore bands around right now, and with each release they are getting better and better.
Ruined is easily the most overlooked hardcore album in the last ten years, and it is also one of the best.
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Album Rating: 4.5
First review in a LONG time. Pretty rusty.
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this rules
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band are pretty essential if you're into modern hardcore
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Can't get into them :/
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this band rules.
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Can't get into them :/
they're amongst the best of what they do
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band always has terrible lyrics, but it's still gold
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Its weird cause I like alot of powerviolence/ hardcore stuff, and its not like these guys are bad, at all, just dont see the 4.4 overall rating.
And nice digg! ahah.
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oh my
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PACK YR FISTS FULL OF HATE TAKE A SWING AT THE WORLD
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RA RA RA RA RAWR RA
| | | Album Rating: 5
i would rank this with witness and twilight as the best hardcore albums of the decade, and thats high praise considering this is 10 minutes long (although i guess twilight isnt that much longer anyways)
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high praise coming from John Hanson
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
he's right though.
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Twilight and Witness are both better than this
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why you gotta be a negative nancy?
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I would say that this barely edges out Twilight for me, and then that barely edges out Witness. Witness does just have so much more material though
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The Suicide File are the least known on sputnikmusic and make me feel elite and indie so therefore they are the best
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rulze
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witness = best album ever
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