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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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03.09.2007 by J-Sin
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Chiodos — Bone Palace Ballet Buy it at Amazon
Moving out from under the thumb of the zillions of screamo bands that thrive in band-of-the-moment galleries on websites and Fuse and those kiddie rags that pass for music magazines these days, Chiodos has assembled one of pop-punk/screamo’s albums of the year. Dynamic songwriting is abloom throughout “Bone Palace Ballet” with lyrical twists and turns that call Edgar Allen Poe fashionable again. While there’s plenty to satisfy the mall punk, there’s a lot more to chew on throughout this compelling and dashing album of choice anthems and pop hooks. You can’t bottle up any one song either; the time signature changes are one thing, but many of the songs dazzle in the face of modern rock music by dancing into progressive changes bouncing from serene singing to balls-out screeching.
- J-Sin
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