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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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Mercury Switch — Time to Shine Buy it at Amazon
Arming themselves with caustic showers of lead, Mercury Switch shine up the metalcore genre with some different and unique. Their ’03 debut “If You Love Me You’d Take Me to the City” was a welcome sign of things to come from this dynamic group and “Time to Shine” raises the bar dramatically higher. You’ve got to love the punch of the bass drum throughout the album, which was tracked at the mighty and legendary Zing Studio where past acts like Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, and Killswitch Engage have made some of their groundbreaking songs. If you’re looking for a perfect thrashing album of metalcore that isn’t like the plethora of other so-called metalcore albums out there, then this is perfect.
- J-Sin
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