| September 22nd Hello, Throne |
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Full Review | User Ratings (3) |
| Summary: These guys have potential. |
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September 22nd’s a small screamo band from Tennessee that I stumbled upon on the Ultimate-Guitar forums, in a thread started by a friend of the band. They uploaded this album to megaupload themselves for free distribution, and the link is provided at the end of the review. All in all, they’re not too original, but they make up for it with some epic music. Its gloomy as hell, but in an airy manner that’s simple to digest, similar to maybe Envy or Scoreoneforsafety, but with elements of metal thrown in here and there.
It’s an entrancing journey into those low places we all get from time to time, and it might just help provide some sanity. There are layers upon layers of guitars and synths; enough building blocks to construct the great pyramids of Giza. The droning chord progressions bring the feeling that this is the beginning something monumental, but they never just drone, they’re not a one trick horse. There are plenty of doomy portions, maybe doomy's not the word, something along the lines of Agalloch, non-chuggy metalcore breaks, even some post-rock… they’re taking things we’ve all heard before and turning it into something fresh and inviting.
The song Solemn’s Harrowing starts with a melancholic clean guitar progression, with a discordant break in the middle of it, meanders into something more epic, and filters back to the discordant break, repeating, into a great breakdown, with very slow chugs, an epic melody, and then the discordant break yet again, and then fades out and into another depressive guitar part. Progressions of the sort are used throughout the album, giving it some sort of character, like you’re trapped in your room for days in the deepest self-pity that keeps snapping into self-loathing, and then you cry. It feels that honest. It’s like a sonic depiction of a depressive funk made beautiful, and the vocals add so much more… ranging from a raspy-voice-cracking shout similar to that of TJ Bonette from As Cities Burn, to hoarse shouts, and even frustrated shrieks like Jacob Bannon of Converge, it’s all there, it’s all bursting from the guys throat.
The only real issue I’ve found with the album as a whole is the drumming. Maybe it’s because the toms seem almost in the background, but the drumming just doesn’t seem as busy as it was meant be in some portions, such as the intro of We Are Our Own Cutlass. But he does do very well to have the drumming drone along in the same depressive dirge.
So if you’re looking for something gloomy, check it out:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BLK1YJEN
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Gloomy emo....sick.
Digging: Anthony Green - Avalon
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youve been busy i am the robots
Digging: Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
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This album ****ing blows donkey dick.
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WINDS OF PLAGUE IS SO BRUTAL BRO
go **** yourself for being a closed minded retard
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they both look crap
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I'm not too closed minded, when it comes to music hence I downloaded the album, and sat painfully and listened to the entire thing, and gave it a huge chance. It was just really ****ing boring...and I'm sorry that you like them, try writing a review that matters.
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It's totally not a 2, I'm just saying that if you say Winds Of Plague is good and this is poor... well, lol, I can't take your opinion too seriously.
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I'm listening to the first track now it's decent, nothing mind-blowing though.
Yeah chickenfish, wtf are you on, this is anything but boring.
This Message Edited On 02.03.08
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It's pretty damn epic though.
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Epic...
You both, die.
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stfu noob
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This is like your second time saying noob, towards me. I hope you're not being serious when you use it...because when I read that, I laughed. I know you're not serious though, it's chill. This band sucks, end of phucking story.
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dude, i can see it not being your thing and thats cool, but it doesnt suck by any means
and once more, if you think winds of plague is good, youre most likely a noob
This Message Edited On 02.04.08
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If we're talking about technicality, which I presume you are now, it's not that great man. It really isn't I'm sorry.
You're still talking about Winds of Plague, phuck dude. Lest I clear this up now, so I can steer away from future debates involving phucking Winds of Plague. I don't by any means they're an amazing band or anything, but they're not bad musicians, and their music TO ME is quite catchy. They have some interesting **** in there, although they get a bit tiresome.
NO more Winds of Plague talk, I've never had to hear so many noobs or Winds of Plagues in my life.
This Message Edited On 02.04.08
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who the **** gives a **** about technicality? musics about feeling
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but it doesn't suck by any means
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I thought you meant they didn't technically suck. Which they don't, but they suck in way you ARE talking about. The feeling I get is boredom, but hey yours differs so what can I do?
Also, if you say music is about feeling then how could you make a statement like this...
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and once more, if you think winds of plague is good, youre most likely a noob
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chickenfish just don't reply, we all know the crap robots listens too.
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But he seems to think it's epic, and that just isn't going to fly.
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I like similar music to this and I even think this is somewhat boring, abit too droning.
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and once more, if you think winds of plague is good, youre most likely a noob
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You know you're a noob.......when you think Winds of Plague is good.
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