Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
Vocals - Trevor Phipps
Guitar - Buz McGrath
Guitar - Ken Susi
Bass - John Maggard
Drums - Mike Justian
Unearth formed pre 1998, and released their first album, The Stings of Conscience, this blew people away, very good album. They then releaseds some demo's, now they bring you another full lenght album The Oncoming Storm.
The Great Dividers- Starts out with a fast, aggressive guitar part, gets your goin, It then gets followed up by a fairly slow part as the drummer runs on the double. Then the build-up begins, the breakdown follows, very good and sets the stage for the song. Good headbaning song right here. It then leads into a nice guitar part that is played well. It goes into another breakdown with pauses and such. The song continues and ends beautiful
4/5
Failure - Right at the start, a very catchy guitar riff, kind of like a mini solo. This sets the tempo for the rest of the song. Continues like this, the guitarist really shows his stuff here. Then the breakdown comes with an aggressive fast part. The guitarist manages to spew a few pinchharmonics in there.
3/5
This Lying World - Starts out soft, the drums get a build up in the beginning, about 15 seconds into the song, another catchy guitar riff, I haven't heard this guitar playing before. Very original. Half way through the song, it goes into the usual Unearth breakdown, very good drumming on his double bass pedal.
3/5
Black Hearts Now Reign - One of the best songs on the c.d. in my opinion. Starts with a basic Unearth guitar part. The drummer does a solo where he does a few fills. Continues like this. More into the song, everything pauses, no music, then they break into a very heavy breakdown that blows me away. He finishes with some shredding on the guitar. Very good
5/5
Zombie Autopilot - Another one of my favorites on the c.d. Very original song, I won't go in depth, they have a few breakdowns, but the best part of the song is, when the guitarist does a solo. Very good solo and I had no idea he had this talent. I can't explain it, the solo is awesome. 5/5
Bloodlust of Human Condition - Starts out funky like, then blows into a drum part, then out of now were a heavy breakdown. This song really gets your head going. Once again the guitarist goes into another solo, not as astonishing as Zombie Autopilot, but very original. The song follows the format as the others which I don't really like. Near the end it gets saved with a breakdown followed by the same solo in the beginning.
2/5
Lie to Purify - Starts like any song would, guitars, drums, bass, everything goin at once. The drummer is amazing with flowing in the song. The guitarist can go do is own thing, which he does. Doesn't flow really well. Once again they have a breakdown which sounds pretty familiar, it is still good, just sounds the same as the others. Not a bad song, but it could use a little more work.
3/5
Endless - If you know anything about Unearth, this is a re mix, they already did this song, but re made it. It goes slower than the original song. Still has the breakdown in it which is on of Unearth's best breakdown. The rest of the song is catchy and it flows really well together, but I prefer the other "Endless" on there other c.d.
4/5
Aries - This is there soft song, no breakdowns, nothing heavy, just plain and simple. There is little screaming, it uses a piano in it. Kind of makes you tired. Very relaxing
3/5
Predetermined Sky - Starts out heavy, catchy guitar, the breakdown is unusal with a high guitar part, usually it's "JUN JUN JUN", but this is different. The rest is a usual Unearth song, still good in my opinion. You will just have to listen to it
3/5
False Idols - Starts out unique, unlike the other songs, aggressive mostly, the breakdown is different, and it has more depth than the other song. IT is more melodic and kind of bogs down at the end, but the breakdown wins me over.
4/5
Overall the c.d. is excellent if you liked there last c.d. The sound like Killswitch Engage a little bit. Sorry my descriptions kind of died down, my mum needed the computer and was getting impacient
Overall 3/5 - 4/5
