The Bride
Screaming out of sydneys western suburbs, The Bride have released two EPs, Synchronized Steps To The Sound Of Their Guns and their most recent ep The Divinity Devoured. The first, Sound Of Their Guns completely blew me away when I first heard it. The recording was tight, full and packed a solid punch. The screams were not guttural roars like many bands that dabble in the deathcore sound. I couldnt exactly say The Bride is deathcore, yet their not completely progressive metal or metalcore either. Somewhere in the middle of these camps sits the bride and thats just where I like it.
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Sound Of Their Guns is an amazing, blindingly fast ep but the fact that it was their first ep is evident through the slightly unmastered feel towards the drums in particular. There seems to be an element of space or room reverb that is unintentional and probably due to the equipment and studio used. This is by no means a bad thing, it just comes across slightly unpolished.
The bands second outing, The Divinity Devoured (released October 09), in comparison is a much more clean and polished ep with a much thicker bottom end. The drums still have the crack and ring of the past album but the spacious rattle is gone, probably due to the heavy use of compression or even triggers on the drums.
The vocals have improved as well. The second scream which was much more deathcore/metal is now used very sparingly, instead the more passionate screamo vocals take over and even in some places, clean sections used as harmony which was a lovely addition to build depth and dynamics.
To say The Bride have matured musically a lot between the two albums would be spot on. The surging guitars are still present in the same brutal manner of the last album but the structural composition has taken a more technical approach which builds depth and gives the ep space to move and progress with each song.
If you get a chance to catch these guys live do it, they will not disappoint. Two shows in Melbourne are scheduled. The first being the 18th of march at Next.
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March 3rd 2010 @ 05:03
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Alice Through The Windshield Glass
When it comes to deathcore im a little picky as much that I hear really just burns at my brain and makes me wish I had never heard it. Ok maybe thats a little bit of an overstatement, I really do love a lot of deathcore but for each that I love, there is almost always two that I cannot stand.
One band who im tentatively giving another listen, right this very moment in fact, is Alice Through The Windshield Glass
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March 3rd 2010 @ 03:31
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Suicide Season: Cut Up
Bring Me The Horizons last release, Suicide Season was met with rave reviews from all corners of the music world, everyone seemed to be in accord that this was a groundbreaking album for a previously Deathcore band. Their style changed, they took on a more mature sound, experimented with a more melodic sound in many places, collaborated with well known musicians that influence their style and generally made an all round damn fine album.
As a tribute to Suicide Seasons popularity, Suicide Season: Cut Up was released in November of 2009. Cut up features remixed versions of almost all of the Suicide Season tracks. Some songs have been remixed twice or three times by different artists, each with a vastly different approach
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:52
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Victims Or Killers
First let me just say, Missing Limbs is a truly epic album. I have listened to it nonstop from the day I got it. I love the speed, the blend of hardcore and metal without going down a melodic road like Parkway Drive and IKTPQ, so when I first heard the heavier tone of Dropsaws new album, Victims and Killers released July 5th, 2008, I was a little cautious of this new sound but I quickly grew to love it as it incorporates all that was found on Missing Limbs while experimenting with a heavier more melodic tone.
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:24
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Hatebreed
Everyone knows who Hatebreed is, and if you dont, you fucking should. Their godfathers of the hardcore/metal crossover, capturing the raw nature, lyrical content and rhythm of hardcore, while adding that heavy feel of metal and complete headbang-ability to their tracks.
I know what your thinking, thats called metalcore. Hardcore Metal=Metalcore. Not true. There is a great difference to be found between the sound of metalcore bands like Haste The Day, Parkway Drive, I Killed The Prom Queen and Bleeding Through, and that of Hatebreed. Hatebreed still retain that core punk element, so often lost in the crossover.
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:19
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Poison The Well II III
Poison The Well have been one band I never fully appreciated until recently, as when I first heard them I was going through a metal phase and was, ashamed as I am to admit it, uninterested in good post-hardcore. Obviously I have come to love them in more recent times and the other day I got my fingers on a copy of the I/III and II/III EPs released on Nov 11, 2008 and Jan 20th, 2009.
The EPs consists of two songs each, the first being New Fast and Purple Sabbath and the second comprising of Shuffle and Bowie, both of which are notably different in style to that I am accustomed to from their earlier releases such as You Came Before You and Tear From The Red
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:16
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Running again:)
I realise this is rather late coming but Ive been a busy little muffin and havent had time for qnoise. Noizecore got shutdown because, although it was doing very well, it was being attacked by spammers constantly and when it came time to renew the domain the decision was made to just shut the site down and update qnoise more regularly instead.
Its been months since I posted on here and since then there has been a world of new music to get into. Ill be doing my best to update the site as regularly as I can
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:12
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Gallows
[Moved from Noizecore May - 09]
Gallows are back and I just came a brick
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February 15th 2010 @ 02:10
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Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance (ST) is possibly the most diverse Post-hardcore album I have ever heard.
It begins with the explosive track, Alex English. A rocking song drifting between Screamo, Post-Hardcore and Alternate Melodic-Rock, Alex English ushers in a new sound for Dance Gavin Dance. One of the first things I noticed was the change in screams.
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