Deserted Soul-Odd music for odd people. This band is a very avant-garde progressive black/death metal band. They are signed to bombworks records which is a very up and coming christian metal label. The songs have extreme atmosphere, but in a norwegian black metal way; overlaying strong progressive death metal riffing. Most of all they overload the keyboars, in the best way possible. The band is great due to the strong vocals and keyboards in all the songs. It's a spacey release, recommended for late nite drives, where it will get you relaxed, but not tired. Recommended for fans of: Phlebotomized & Disaffected. Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Mechanics Of Dysfunction-Ballsiest f**kin' release since the stoneage. BTM is burly technical brutal death. They rumble your ass, even through headphones. Makes you want to get up and strangle your neighbor for not mowing the lawn. even though they play tech BDM they have burly breakdowns too. The breakdowns just make you want to murder. Recommended for fans of: Carnifex, Suffocation, & Oceano. Overall Rating: 9.6/10
Silences Are Words-Although they are a pretty commercial band; preferring to market their material through Hot Topic, mainly due to the fact they are signed to victory records. They are surprisingly good melodic death/metalcore. Nothing very amazing that juts out on the cd. I recommend purchasing a copy if you are a melodeath connoisseur. Recommended for fans of: German melo-death/metalcore, Darkest Hour, & early Killswitch Engage. Overall Rating: 6.9/10
What To Do When You Are Dead-Yes i know all the other releases i reviewed in this section are metal haha. I do have a light side =]. Armor For Sleep to me is classic Emotive music, remeniscent of early 90's emotive over new era "Emo" Post-Hardcore music. Every song is based on the storyline of a boy dying and following the girl he loved and finding things out about her. A reoccuring line throughout the whole album "Don't Believe, That The Weather, Is Perfect The Day That You Die" stands out very strong in context of every song. The idea they have has been done before but it is very unique the way they performed it. I am frustrated they went into playing indie pop instead of staying this style. Recommended for fans of: Hawthorne Heights & Sunny Day Real Estate. Overall Rating 9.7/10
Through Twilight...-A beautifully choreographed ambient misanthropic suicidal black metal release. Mort who is in many ambient/depressive black metal bands in the auckland new zealand scene; has learned how to perfect the art of depressive darkness mixed with the natural beauties of life. It makes you feel depressed how the world is so beautiful and people are so ugly, destroying the earth and scouring its natural resources. Recommended to fans of: Happy Days, Exiled From Light, & all depressive black ambient. Overall Rating: 9.8/10
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