| Corpus Christi The Darker Shades Of White |
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 | Tracklist:
1. Parade of Scars (3:37)
2. It's Always Been Darkest Before the 3. Dawn (3:19)
4. Marilyn (4:09)
5. Baptized in Fire (4:50)
6. Until the Day (4:52)
7. Fight for Your King (4:19)
8. Starry Nights, Cloudy Hearts (4:11)
9. Western Downfall (4:12)
10. The Sacrifice (3:59)
11. I Will Never Forget (3:49)
12. Prodigal (3:25)
Release Date: 02/17/2009 | |
| | other reviews | Ryan Williford (3.5)
The Darker Shades Of White is an album that is worth checking out if you have the means and want to ... |
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| Summary: Slightly generic, Emo lyrics, and breakdowns. Approach with caution. |
2 of 3 thought this review was well written
"Oh, goody!! Another Metalcore band that scene kids can "Hardcore Dance" to. Just what the world needed!" - Words of a Metal Elitist
While Corpus Christi are by no means groundbreaking, original, or innovative, they at least know how to play their instruments. The only problem I have is with their vocalist. Don't misunderstand me, he definitely has his moments of "Holy crap! What a voice!", but they only come during the clean-vocal moments. To put it bluntly, I think they need to do what Scar Symmetry is now doing, which is having a screaming/growling vocalist and a singing vocalist.
The guitars are normally simple, but can put some definitely necessary melody to the songs. The best and most memorable guitar riffs belong to "It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn" and "The Sacrifice", which would easily be the best songs on the album,.... If not for the wildly Emo lyrics. Here's the chorus for "It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn"
"The taste of cold steel on my lips, the rope around my neck,
These bitter pills and razor blades, seal my fate."
Maybe that Metal Elitist was right. They pretty much are just like any other Metalcore band, except with worse screams than most. Except, guitar solos, while short in length, are sprinkled throughout, whereas most Metalcore bands replace them with mindless breakdowns *cough* Emmure *cough, cough*. You know who you are.
In summary, this IS generic, and should only be picked up by Metalcore fanatics. However, if you are completely new to the genre, I wouldn't recommend this until you listen to better bands, and then decide whether or not you should even consider purchasing this record.
If you have heard good things and are thinking about buying this, listen to "It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn" (In my opinion, the best track), and then listen to "Marilyn" (My least favorite) in order to compare the best and worst ends of the spectrum of this album.
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Album Rating: 2.5
You really don't describe their sound, besides comparing them to other metalcore bands.
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I didn't think this was as bad as you make it sound. I think they are one of the better metalcore bands to emerge.
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Funny review, didn't really tell me much but I pos'd for hilariousness.
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The taste of cold steel on my lips, the rope around my neck,
These bitter pills and razor blades, seal my fate.
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lol
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i mean it's much better than that faggot Encmetalhead, but that's not saying much. I'll pos it tho.
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these guys are named after a town i've been to before!!!
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Another unhealthy slab of christcore eh? Apparently Satan hasn't done a good enough job of exterminating the youth groups.
Good review, was hoping for this to satisfy my generic metalcore with catchy clean clean choruses binge but it did not. Good cleans, extremely shitty screams as you said.
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