Jared and Howard are The Blade

2021-03-12 by Devastator | 33 Comments
Former Killswitch Engage and current Light the Torch vocalist Howard Jones and musician Jared Dines have released the first track of their project SION titled The Blade. Despite Dines claiming that the music will sound like “Jones era Killswitch” the song instrumentally is more akin to modern metalcore. Complete with electronics and good ol Djentiness. The title and release date of the album are have yet to be revealed.

Listen to The Blade:

Tagged: Jared Dines

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Harlz
March 12th 2021
34 Comments


Very generic stuff. Music video might be the lowest effort video I've ever seen.

radianteclipse
March 12th 2021
533 Comments


I mean Howard is pretty great so he makes this better than it probably should be, but it's still like a 6.5 out of 10 maybe.

Chapo
March 12th 2021
13 Comments


Am i the only one sick with this kind of production ?

Uzumaki
March 12th 2021
4839 Comments


Howard, please go back to Blood Has Been Shed

bloc
March 12th 2021
70880 Comments


Damn Howard looks like he's gonna pop a blood vessel in this vid lol

deathofasalesman
March 12th 2021
8643 Comments


lmao jared can't resist making a shitty "o-face" youtube thumbnail

Devastator
March 12th 2021
4578 Comments


Howard sounds great overall but song overall is meh.

jouroboros
March 12th 2021
236 Comments


This could have been a little bit better if Jared wasn't in the video. I can't take him seriously.

ResidentNihilist
March 12th 2021
2150 Comments


Second half of the song was gone, including the more melodic parts but the djent parts sounded generic as fuck.

AlexKzillion
Emeritus
March 12th 2021
19042 Comments


Have any of these youtube metal guitarists ever made anything that isn't generic af? Like even when they collaborate with reputable people it still comes out generic.

AlexKzillion
Emeritus
March 12th 2021
19042 Comments


Also there's already like 18 artists named 'Sion' on Spotify lmaoo maybe they should pick a new one

Trebor.
Emeritus
March 12th 2021
60329 Comments


"Am i the only one sick with this kind of production ?"

We all are

Trebor.
Emeritus
March 12th 2021
60329 Comments


"Have any of these youtube metal guitarists ever made anything that isn't generic af?"

Kmac is the only one

Sinner
March 12th 2021
1 Comments


Like it or not this kind of production is the staple of metal at the moment. Trends come and go with time and every decade has its "style." I for one don't mind it. As far as the song goes it is a pretty basic song but honestly thats all it needed to be. I am not looking for innovation and new concepts from a vocal powerhouse that specializes in early melodic metalcore and a pretty well-known youtube guitarist that specializes in djent. I want them both to play to their strengths to make a good track and that's exactly what they did. I love it. The chorus brought me right back to 2007 and that is not a bad thing and the verses had enough bounce to satisfy the younger generation of metal kids. I am looking forward to the rest of the album.

Emim
March 13th 2021
38467 Comments


Chorus was definitely a Howard chorus. Rest was forgettable.

heck
March 13th 2021
7413 Comments


this is what Killswitch would've sounded like in an alternate universe where Howard stayed and the band signed to Sharptone.

Devastator
March 13th 2021
4578 Comments


In an alternate universe when Howard got his diabetes more managed he rejoined Killswitch and they had both him and Jesse and life was good.

TheGreatQ
March 13th 2021
3053 Comments


I want to live in that universe

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 13th 2021
12090 Comments


Song is just junz but Howard lowkey sounds at his best in like a solid decade.

JAV
March 14th 2021
3545 Comments


Howard still has a great voice, song is so djenty though.

ian b
March 14th 2021
2179 Comments


i hate that i don't hate this

jpaulwegenast
March 14th 2021
168 Comments


Howard is the only reason I bothered with this track. Great vocal performance.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
March 14th 2021
30304 Comments


This isn’t terrible but I guess i should have anticipated Jared using the same tired djent riffs he’s been peddling for the last 4 years.

Dizchu
March 14th 2021
762 Comments


Like everyone else said, the vocals are great but this needs more than just juns.

Jared's a great guitar player, why not have a riff or two? Those things Killswitch Engage has.

Kusangii
March 15th 2021
8414 Comments


All things Jared does are generic af. The collaboration with Math Heafy was also terrible.

Devastator
March 15th 2021
4578 Comments


Friend brought up to me Dines isn’t going wearing a shirt under his flannel and I had to double check. Odd wardrobe choice.

Alondite
March 16th 2021
435 Comments


Wow this song does absolutely nothing. So fucking boring.

SteakByrnes
March 16th 2021
31061 Comments


I finally got around to this and Howard sounds great, it's just everything else sucks

gordodustin
March 16th 2021
573 Comments


Very standard, generic metal core. The video is also incredibly obnoxious.

bloc
March 16th 2021
70880 Comments


I'll never forget that time when Jared called out the Rings Of Saturn guy for fake guitar playing and then got shutdown quick with a counter video from the RoS guy

Devastator
March 19th 2021
4578 Comments


You know you fucked up when the guy takes the time to make a 37 minute video deconstructing your accusation.

bloc
March 20th 2021
70880 Comments


Oh yeah he got destroyed

Kusangii
March 20th 2021
8414 Comments


Listened to this a second time and WOW it's bad. So bad.



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