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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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Cipher — Children of God's Fire Buy it at Amazon
Recorded by Matt Walbroehl (Boys Night Out, Skycamefalling) at Sound Zone Studios, “Children of God’s Fire” is a mathematically precise chaotic metal album. Starting off the album oddly anti-climatic with a sermon showcasing the band’s socio-political bent, “Children of God’s Fire” is prepared badgering of skulls and broken bottles set to the tune of chaotic hardcore/metal/rapcore. I’ve loved this band since I first heard them and they just keep getting better. Stirring in a mixture of Candiria, 25 ta Life, Bad Brains, and Meshuggah, Cipher promises to be one of those bands that sticks in your mind hours after their show. Featured in the documentary “Afropunk”, which is about blacks in punk and hardcore, Cipher also enlists the help of MF Doom to spit some lyrics on “Verse vs. The Virus”. Grab this up now.
- J-Sin
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