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5 out of 10
Modern metal is a very over saturated market these days. Everyone has that top notch production, pristine sound and on-line presence. You can barely move for the production line metal records that are flying around.
August Burns Red are a name that I have seen around for some time, dismissing them as another one of those bands that people I don’t like the look of at gigs listen to. Well I am right about that. They are one of those bands. Modern, production line metal.
They have the production, the breakdowns, the dynamic shifts from double bass pounding to thrashing chug and the usual shout/scream/roar vocals.
Will this be anything more than the sum of its parts? Well I don’t really know. It does sound like pretty much every other modern metal record. Formulaic and shackled to some sort of invisible railing system all these bands run on. Stopping at the same stops and delaying listeners.
At times they touch on that aggro quality that Darkest Hour have and it lifts your ears slightly, but those are fleeting. Mostly it reminds of the early albums Shadows Fall made. And those have been made already.
Flawless in execution, fault ridden in its objective.
Listen: www.myspace.com/augustburnsred
Tracklist:
1. Thirty And Seven
2. Existence
3. Oceans Of Apathy
4. White Washed
5. Marianas Touch
6. The Escape Artist
7. Indonesia
8. Paradox
9. Meridian
10. Rationalist
11. Meddler
12. Crusades
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