Nasty : "Menace"

These guys are the kind of metallic hard core that runs so closely to the metal core that came from the days of Myspace that I rarely review it. But what the hell, I need to get caught up on the harcore that came out this yeat or in this case is coming out as this album drops Sept 25th. The guitar is the most metal thing baout this. The vocals are kind of growl tough guy shit with almost rapped gang vocal cadence. 3 songs in and the guitar is beginning to sound the same to me. The singer actually sings on "Be Careful" . This guy is good, he makes the songs interesting and switches it with varied approaches which I like. The song writing itself could use some work as "666am" just sound likea mush of riffs and yelling. The name of their game is how many break downs can be squeeze into three minutes or less.

The more metallic "Betrayer" is pretty good. It's darker and have varied vocals, so all the boxes are checked off. The vocals actually have some hook to them. They are hit or miss as the song after this is just back to riffs and barking. They do put more thought into 'Inhale / Exhale" . Gnerally speaking the lyrics are lost in the delivery. Not a deal breaker as I prefer singers to use their voice more like an instrument rather than verse chorus radio stuff, unless it's pop music and even then I am flexible. He sounds more like a demon chicken in the vocal pattern to blood crop. 'Addicted" is more of a song,  but runs along the lines of what you might more typically expect from this.

They tread on the smae gorund as by the end it all begins to run togehter. It is not until the last song that we here some more thrashing tempos. Even then it sounds like they are coming to this place by way of Killswitch Engage.  As far as hardcore goes these guys do not play very fast so more metal influence than punk. Perhaps that is my normal complaint when it comes to that sort of thing. There are moments and these guys have potential. This particular album while it is well produced and i Like when the vocalist puts more effort into it, it is not my thing I will give it a 6.5 .I am surprised this is going to be a Century Media release . They must really have their ear to the pulse of where music is going that I am unaware of if they invested in this kind of hardcore.