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It is catchy but I still feel plenty of metalcore albums do what they do here with more passion. You ever seen these guys Pebster? I thought they did a great job with this! I was sampling this and it sounded decent and i want to pick up some new Metalcore for some reason, but i want it from a band i don't already have on my ipod. This Message Edited On It Dies Today Sirens 2. Understandable, as while the group was very successfully with blending hard hitting verses with melodic leads and catchy choruses, their overall sound and song writing was incredibly generic.
Than came their long and drawn out breakdowns. To put it simply, at times it seemed like they cared more about getting people to slam dance than to create memorable music. Two years later, enter Sirens. This record certainly has a diverse sound from the previous effort of the group. A preview of the opening song right away hinted at a more mainstream feel.
The tones sounded a little bit less intense, the screaming came off as a bit forced, and even the singing was sounding a little watered down from its previous powerful state. As far as the breakdowns went, they were far from their usual drawn out state but still present in few instances.
For the most part, this album seems to be just written for the sake of writing. Things greatly lack what passion they had before and the result is a half hearted and monotonous album overall. Right from the opening of A Constant Reminder this mainstream feel comes out. The opening sounds a little bit more poppy compared to most of the previous efforts. That is until a blistering riff cuts the anticipation out of the air. Right away one will notice a bit of a decrease in quality as far as the riffs are concerned.
A former strong point of the group seems seriously lacking thus far here. When the screaming comes in things sound quite sour. To be blunt it seems as though Nick has lost the fury his voice once held. His scream sounds very forced, dry, and lacking the passion it once had. On that end of the vocal spectrum he sounds near lifeless. Between the dry scream and the bland down tuned riffs this record was not off to a good start.
Of course everyone was just waiting for a sung chorus, but once again disappointment is in the air. His singing sounds much less passionate than before here.
The pitch is fine but it sounds like singing for the sake of singing and creating a catchy chorus. While they did accomplish the second part of that, the overall tone of his voice atop of the dull instrumental section serves up a tedious atmosphere. Unfortunately this is a sign of things to come, as most of the album suffers from this. For the most part things are listenable but just flat out not interesting. Its heavy state contrasts with some of the album but once more one cannot help but notice the weakened state of things.
The riffs sound so standard and totally lack the punch they once held. Even the breakdowns sound dumbed down. However, It Dies Today manage to completely botch the style change in almost every way possible. While it's nice for bands to try to freshen up their sounds and bring in some kind of originality, it doesn't help when the band shifts in between two oversaturated and repetitive genres.
At times It Dies Today seem like they're still okay with being labeled as a metalcore band. Other times it seems they wouldn't care if they get labeled as an emo band. Especially compared to their debut EP, the music has definitely softened up a lot. It so fantastic when a band releases a debut album you love, but shows room for improvment, then releases their sophmore album and totally grows in every aspect in which they needed to grow.
It's so fufilling, and It Dies Today does just that. Another change in their sound is that clean vocals are used much more heavily, every song on this album has either a clean verse or a soaring chorus. New aditions aside, you still get the same; leads, soaring guitar lines, solos and all that good stuff. On top of their genre blending style, It Dies Today have one hidden weapon that makes them oh so great, they can write hooks like nobodies business. It's amazing how consistantly they have great hooks song after song.
With most bands, it's one really good hook, and the next few songs will either have sub-par attempts at hooks, or none at all, but It Dies Today nails them, song after song for a very uplifting and refreshing listen. If you can get into this band, these hooks will be in your head in no time. Back in , I would have sworn this band was never going to top their debut, I mean how does a band top a song like 'A Threnody for Modern Romance'?
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