Review Summary: People give it way too much hate for what it actually is.
Capture the Crown is another one of those bands that people love to hate. This is because they sound a lot like Asking Alexandria, and some say that they ripped them off. While this is not entirely false, these Australian boys have some gems to offer amidst the rubble. Oh yeah, apparently these guys have people who help write their music.
"The Arrival" is the intro to the album 'Til Death, and it is essentially a minute long breakdown with a synth melody over it. It leads right into the second song, "#OIMATEWTF." This song features the infamous Denis Shaforostov, or "Stoff," doing guest vocals, and they really fit well with the rest of the song, which is a plethora of breakdowns and, like, 3 completely different choruses, which are all catchy as hell.
The only song I wasn't particularly fond of was Storm in a Teacup, but the more and more I listen to it, the more I like it. Also, I noticed that the songwriting becomes somewhat all-too-similar after Storm in a Teacup.
I noticed on a few songs, particularly Fork Tongued, Jeffrey Welfare isn't screaming in time, which gave me a good laugh. Like, isn't this professionally produced? Shouldn't the producer have noticed that?
In general, the guitar work on this album is nothing special. 90% of the album is power chords and open note chugging, but as I like to say, quality over quantity. In other words, it doesn't have to be a shred orgy in order for it to be pleasing to the ears. Take 'Til Death. It has maybe 3 guitar solos, the guitar tabs are all 0's, and there are tons of synthesizers. This sounds like a terrible album, right? Wrong. If these guys could pull off a mildly above average metalcore album with these 3 elements, think of what they could do in the future.
