Knocked Loose : "You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To"

"Suffocate"  was enough to make me look forward to checking this album out.. This album is heavier than expected. The first song was hard-hitting without falling into too many of the metal tropes. This is the album, that is poised to break these guys big.  By the time we get to "Don't Reach For Me," it's clear they have established what they are doing here and now need to expand upon that concept. With a 46-second song like "Moss Covers All" they are willing to indulge their more power- violence-leaning influences. 

But to be going on tour with Slipknot, I expected this album to be more ripe with the darker more experimental notions that can be heard on "Take Me Home". They are going to need more of these moments to separate themselves from the pack that is already trying to make metal-core rock stadiums. Chris Motionless is certainly one of those figures that it makes sense they might align themselves with even though his band is on the more mainstream side of this scene. The song is well-written enough and has enough sonic nuance to work. 

"The Calm That Keeps You Awake" carries a little of the eerie dissonance that counterbalances the normal pounding and screaming these guys deliver. Their lead screamer puts his voice in the right places, he could just do more to create more colors with his voice, rather than just screaming from such a singular place of anger. This begins to make all the songs sound the same by the time we get to "Blinding Faith".  The last song is the only song that really brings nu-metal to mind, which is a miscalculation on the part of the music press, who have been hailing these guys as the band on the forefront of what could be the newt nu-metal revival, since if there are no new bands fostering the genre then it just happens all the old band are just doing cash grab reunions. These guys have stuck to their hardcore roots well, I will give this a 9, and bet on this album is more inspired than the new Kittie whenever that drops. 

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