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A certain amount of hype seems to have surrounded Suicide Silence since their first album The Cleansing (2007) debuted at number 94 on America's national album chart, the Billboard Top 200. An admirable feat indeed for a death metal band and for this much maligned subgenre called deathcore. Maligned, it would seem mainly in the eyes of death metal purists, I may add. Perhaps as a result of this publicity No Time to Bleed (2009) their second full length debuted at number 32 on the aforementioned album chart. So with the numbers game dispensed with, is the music any good or is their heady album sales just the result of mosh crazy, middle class American teenagers getting a bit carried away?
Well, as much I would prefer to show a certain disdain for these young upstarts, I'm afraid the music here is just formidable and of a very high standard indeed. While the band (in interviews at least) seem to want to distance themselves from the deathcore tag it is surely a retrograde step because, in this reviewers opinion, their music just typifies how quality deathcore should be played, and surely establishes them as ahead of the chasing pack in this genre. Indeed a parallel can be drawn with another much hyped deathcore act; Oceano, who while they are no doubt sonically brutal, lack the musical dexterity and creativeness that Suicide Silence possess on this album. And what of the album as a whole then?
While this music is not to everyone's taste and its sheer abrasiveness is well removed from the more structured dynamics of traditional death metal, this album is just skull crushing and harsh in the extreme. Most tracks comprise of rapid, precise tempo changes in both riffs and percussion which is a hallmark of this genre. While this does break up the speed and continuity of the music, it showcases fluidity in song structure and highlights the subtle nuances contained within. The guitar playing fluctuates from subdued melody to crushing stop start hammer blows without being buried under a writhing frenzy of musicianship just for the sake of it. The vocals veer from guttural to screeching in a nano second compliments of the versatility of front man Mitch Lucker. The band must be commended for their competent playing and the no holds barred conviction of their bracing musical assault on this album, which is a huge progression from their debut. As stated this type of death metal is not for everybody. But if you are curious as to how far the proverbial death metal envelope can be pushed you could do worse than this very solid platter of aggression. This may or may not be the way forward for death metal but if you are looking for music that balances the fine line between raw extremity and almost rugged accessibility then look no further than Suicide Silence
Well, as much I would prefer to show a certain disdain for these young upstarts, I'm afraid the music here is just formidable and of a very high standard indeed. While the band (in interviews at least) seem to want to distance themselves from the deathcore tag it is surely a retrograde step because, in this reviewers opinion, their music just typifies how quality deathcore should be played, and surely establishes them as ahead of the chasing pack in this genre. Indeed a parallel can be drawn with another much hyped deathcore act; Oceano, who while they are no doubt sonically brutal, lack the musical dexterity and creativeness that Suicide Silence possess on this album. And what of the album as a whole then?
While this music is not to everyone's taste and its sheer abrasiveness is well removed from the more structured dynamics of traditional death metal, this album is just skull crushing and harsh in the extreme. Most tracks comprise of rapid, precise tempo changes in both riffs and percussion which is a hallmark of this genre. While this does break up the speed and continuity of the music, it showcases fluidity in song structure and highlights the subtle nuances contained within. The guitar playing fluctuates from subdued melody to crushing stop start hammer blows without being buried under a writhing frenzy of musicianship just for the sake of it. The vocals veer from guttural to screeching in a nano second compliments of the versatility of front man Mitch Lucker. The band must be commended for their competent playing and the no holds barred conviction of their bracing musical assault on this album, which is a huge progression from their debut. As stated this type of death metal is not for everybody. But if you are curious as to how far the proverbial death metal envelope can be pushed you could do worse than this very solid platter of aggression. This may or may not be the way forward for death metal but if you are looking for music that balances the fine line between raw extremity and almost rugged accessibility then look no further than Suicide Silence
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I didn't think they could actually beat thier last album 'The Cleansing' which was full of memoriable breakdowns, good old guitar chugging, and of course the sing-along lyrics that we all love. That's not to say this album doesn't have those, but this is definatly a great stage of progression for Suicide Silence, they've tried so hard to move out of the 'Deathcore' scene and have created an album that might just allow them to do so.
There are certain tracks on this album that stand out more than others, such as the first song 'Wake Up'. I've seen them play this song live a couple times and it's bloody brilliant, the vocals sound inhumane. Other standout songs for me on this album are 'Smoke', 'Genocide', 'Disengage' and the super freaky interlude '...And The She Bled', which is basically a 911 call with a girl screaming for help down the phone while getting the best of Suicide Silence's instrumental. If you buy this special edition cd you get a bonus track 'Misleading Milagrams' which to me stands out pretty well to alot of the others.
Suicide Silence are indeed ahead of thier game, yet they will never be fully rid of the so called 'Deathcore' scene that they wish for so bad...nevermind though, the music is insane and brutal. Let's keep it that way.
Catch these guys with Devildriver in October, it's going to be one awsome gig!
There are certain tracks on this album that stand out more than others, such as the first song 'Wake Up'. I've seen them play this song live a couple times and it's bloody brilliant, the vocals sound inhumane. Other standout songs for me on this album are 'Smoke', 'Genocide', 'Disengage' and the super freaky interlude '...And The She Bled', which is basically a 911 call with a girl screaming for help down the phone while getting the best of Suicide Silence's instrumental. If you buy this special edition cd you get a bonus track 'Misleading Milagrams' which to me stands out pretty well to alot of the others.
Suicide Silence are indeed ahead of thier game, yet they will never be fully rid of the so called 'Deathcore' scene that they wish for so bad...nevermind though, the music is insane and brutal. Let's keep it that way.
Catch these guys with Devildriver in October, it's going to be one awsome gig!
Format:Audio CD
1st album i bought of ss i wasnt disappointed well messed up it cant be described u av 2 ere it but i love it n cant get enough
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An obvious improvement
Suicide Silence's "The Cleansing" whilst fantastic for a debut, fell heavily into the cliched "metal-core" genre that was being bandied about at the time. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Silent_Suicide
its not as good as the cleansing but not bad
i was personally bowled over with the previous album and all its memorable riffs, but this album has increased the technicality but on the other hand the songs on the album suffer... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2009 by A. Evans
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