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07/28/09, 07:51 PM
Suicide Silence - No Time to Bleed
Record Label: Century Media
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Suicide Silence has recently become along the likes of Job For A Cowboy, As Blood Runs Black, and Whitechapel, in the way that they have brought deathcore to the mainstream. While this genre has deserved a lot of the flack that it receives, honestly, it doesn't deserve all of it.
After releasing The Cleansing, Suicide Silence struck it big with their debut. While it was a lyrical shitstorm, and extremely repetitive, it was catchy (as far as deathcore can be catchy) and showed that they had potential to perfect the “Hot Topic deathcore” scene. I expected a big improvement from their next album, maybe even a chance for this aforementioned scene to thrive slightly. But unfortunately, it was a major step back, in my opinion.
Besides having the worst album art since Atreyu's The Curse along with an equally bad album name, the band has begun to add more cliches into their brand of deathcore. The first track, "Wake Up" has a chorus of “Wake up wake up, this is no hallucination,” followed by the typical deathcore breakdown which consists of overproduced blast-beat drumming, chugging rhythm sections, and for Suicide Silence, Mitch's renowned chicken squawking. There is one redeeming breakdown before another generic breakdown and the words “Wake Up” being repeated about another (what seems like) thirty plus times. I swore that if I heard those words one more time, my house would look like the gruesome, bloody, artwork that depicts, what else, a murder.
“Lifted” begins with guitars suited to be in the soundtrack for an apocalyptic storm, but then becomes generic and makes the album boring. “Smoke” shows how the musicianship of the band has matured. The guitars are similar to “Lifted,” and the drummer takes the track with his undoubtedly improved drumming before returning to the comfort zone that was The Cleansing. The ending highlights the album's production which, while better than their debut, is no acheivement.
“Something Invisible” is vintage Suicide Silence, even returning to the ever-so-present themes of depression and atheism, but with that comes boredom. It's a fast-paced track that's hindered by too many breakdowns that have been done before, been done better before, and is ultimately just completely forgettable. I was mildly disappointed.
“No Time To Bleed” begins with a few over-produced drum tones that are evident on this album before going into a track that is ultimately reminiscent of The Cleansing, but it is hindered by Mitch thinking he's a British nanny during the chorus. I burst out laughing when he started screaming "Hello" (which sounds more like Hullo) and was extremely disappointed with the horrific lyrics. Why in the world they chose that song to represent the album as a whole, I cannot tell you. It's as much of a throwaway track as “Genocide,” where of course, Mitch screams “GENOCIDE” over and over again as if it was to save their lives.
“...And Then She Bled,” is another throwaway track. It's Suicide Silence's first (and hopefully their last) instrumental. It's extremely boring, minus the fact that in the background there's a clip of a woman calling the police after her friend was viciously mauled by a chimpanzee (no I am not joking). With all the great instrumentation that went on in “Lifted” and “Smoke,” I was utterly disappointed with such a track.
“Disengage” is by far the best track on this album, beginning with a extremely short breakdown that sets the stage for the rest of the song. It's a slower-paced song that showcases the band's ability to incorporate a catchy riff. It's a song riddled with breakdowns and mind-jarring tempo-changes before fading out to the end of the album. It is a total closer and deserves to end this lackluster album because it is such a high note.
Basically, the album is a definite improvement as far as the instruments go. The vocals are only improved because of Machine's incredible production. And the songs overall are just so unoriginal and uninspired that they come across as one-note tracks that prove Suicide Silence has failed to deliver the promise that No Time To Bleed would “blow The Cleansing away.” This is definitely a sophomore-slump.
Apocalyptic "br00tal-ness,"; Annotations Of An Autopsy; old BMTH but with less lasting value and worse lyrics; naming your Instant Messager name something like "FetusxEaterxBloodxBoilingxDeath_And _MurderxHomocidexKillx666xxxx"; to listen to myspace's deathcore flavor of the week; "br00tal-ness" because you are so damn cool spelling brutal like that.
Record Label: Century Media
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Suicide Silence has recently become along the likes of Job For A Cowboy, As Blood Runs Black, and Whitechapel, in the way that they have brought deathcore to the mainstream. While this genre has deserved a lot of the flack that it receives, honestly, it doesn't deserve all of it.
After releasing The Cleansing, Suicide Silence struck it big with their debut. While it was a lyrical shitstorm, and extremely repetitive, it was catchy (as far as deathcore can be catchy) and showed that they had potential to perfect the “Hot Topic deathcore” scene. I expected a big improvement from their next album, maybe even a chance for this aforementioned scene to thrive slightly. But unfortunately, it was a major step back, in my opinion.
Besides having the worst album art since Atreyu's The Curse along with an equally bad album name, the band has begun to add more cliches into their brand of deathcore. The first track, "Wake Up" has a chorus of “Wake up wake up, this is no hallucination,” followed by the typical deathcore breakdown which consists of overproduced blast-beat drumming, chugging rhythm sections, and for Suicide Silence, Mitch's renowned chicken squawking. There is one redeeming breakdown before another generic breakdown and the words “Wake Up” being repeated about another (what seems like) thirty plus times. I swore that if I heard those words one more time, my house would look like the gruesome, bloody, artwork that depicts, what else, a murder.
“Lifted” begins with guitars suited to be in the soundtrack for an apocalyptic storm, but then becomes generic and makes the album boring. “Smoke” shows how the musicianship of the band has matured. The guitars are similar to “Lifted,” and the drummer takes the track with his undoubtedly improved drumming before returning to the comfort zone that was The Cleansing. The ending highlights the album's production which, while better than their debut, is no acheivement.
“Something Invisible” is vintage Suicide Silence, even returning to the ever-so-present themes of depression and atheism, but with that comes boredom. It's a fast-paced track that's hindered by too many breakdowns that have been done before, been done better before, and is ultimately just completely forgettable. I was mildly disappointed.
“No Time To Bleed” begins with a few over-produced drum tones that are evident on this album before going into a track that is ultimately reminiscent of The Cleansing, but it is hindered by Mitch thinking he's a British nanny during the chorus. I burst out laughing when he started screaming "Hello" (which sounds more like Hullo) and was extremely disappointed with the horrific lyrics. Why in the world they chose that song to represent the album as a whole, I cannot tell you. It's as much of a throwaway track as “Genocide,” where of course, Mitch screams “GENOCIDE” over and over again as if it was to save their lives.
“...And Then She Bled,” is another throwaway track. It's Suicide Silence's first (and hopefully their last) instrumental. It's extremely boring, minus the fact that in the background there's a clip of a woman calling the police after her friend was viciously mauled by a chimpanzee (no I am not joking). With all the great instrumentation that went on in “Lifted” and “Smoke,” I was utterly disappointed with such a track.
“Disengage” is by far the best track on this album, beginning with a extremely short breakdown that sets the stage for the rest of the song. It's a slower-paced song that showcases the band's ability to incorporate a catchy riff. It's a song riddled with breakdowns and mind-jarring tempo-changes before fading out to the end of the album. It is a total closer and deserves to end this lackluster album because it is such a high note.
Basically, the album is a definite improvement as far as the instruments go. The vocals are only improved because of Machine's incredible production. And the songs overall are just so unoriginal and uninspired that they come across as one-note tracks that prove Suicide Silence has failed to deliver the promise that No Time To Bleed would “blow The Cleansing away.” This is definitely a sophomore-slump.
Apocalyptic "br00tal-ness,"; Annotations Of An Autopsy; old BMTH but with less lasting value and worse lyrics; naming your Instant Messager name something like "FetusxEaterxBloodxBoilingxDeath_And _MurderxHomocidexKillx666xxxx"; to listen to myspace's deathcore flavor of the week; "br00tal-ness" because you are so damn cool spelling brutal like that.