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7 out of 10
The No One Gets Out Alive metal and hardcore tour returns for a second year, and the rolling line-up ensures that they'll probably be someone you like, someone you don't and someone you've never heard of on the bill whatever night you go. The tour EP is much the same, but always intriguing.
The most promising propositions come from Truckfighters and the Croatian metal crew Father, with their wiry riffs and punk-funk beats combined with Iron Maiden theatricality replete with Bruce Dickinson style falsettos on 'Machina' they're certainly unique. They even tell us to "dance to the rhythm". Dance-metal, anyone? At the other end of the EP, groovy Swedish post-sludge trio Truckfighters mix thick stoner riffs with snippets of intricate reflection. Unfortunately they had to pull out of the actual tour and have been replaced by fellow Swedes The Durango Riot.
Fortunately, Mancunian four-piece Lap is still onboard and can make up for Truckfighters' absence with their knotted agit-rock blasts. Think 'Fake Sound Of Progress' era Lostprophets, but chunkier and with a new wave twang. Another British post-hardcore troupe, The Cedar Falls are sturdy enough an singer Jay sounds a lot like Incubus' Brandon Boyd, but the overblown metalcore of Disarm sounds out of place amongst the other acts here. Still, should be a good tour though.
Listen: www.myspace.com/noonegetsoutaliveuk
Tracklist:
1. Father - Machina
2. The Cedar Falls - Abandon
3. Lap - I Am
4. Disarm - The River City Ransom Death Pact
5. Truckfighters - Traffic
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