Blake Solomon
01/25/08, 12:12 AM
Carry The Torch – Dead Weather EP
Record Label: Detonate Records
Release Date: January 19, 2008
Who?
Carry The Torch should be familiar in that they don’t do anything too crazy. Yet. Fast hardcore ain’t exactly the most underground of genres anymore (especially if you pay attention to the lyrics in “Separating The Genus”). But with just enough metallic guitar shreds and excellently-timed breakdowns, Carry The Torch could be a name you’ll be seeing much more frequently. Or my name isn’t Reginald Jenkins.
How Is It?
Pretty redeeming for being only 4 songs, Dead Weather will fill your belly with angst and have you pooping out aggression in no time. (It’s more pleasant than it sounds, trust me.) “Separating The Genus” is a slap to my face because of its less than positive outlook on advertising. (I need a new major if I’m going to work at AP). Despite differing outlooks, “Genus” still stampedes with enough force to make it one hell of a song. The melodic chorus is a nice counterpart to screechy, mathy verses - so far so good. However, all bets are off during “For All I Care It Can Burn.” The song begins with heavy guitars while dancing with the metalcore devil. Brian North is the gas in Carry The Torch’s tank, both lyrically and vocally. He somehow sounds like he’s one cig away from death, yet the listener can still discern most of what he's screaming. And boy does he have a message. During the drum solo of “Burn,” which becomes overtaken by a high-pitched, 80’s metal guitar riff, North muses, “Take these words with a grain of salt / Tomorrow I’ll forget everything / Am I the plane crash / Or just the aftermath?” This song truly knocked me back. The twists and turns contained in “Burn’s” tight frame could fill an entire album for Carry The Torch. Once the band fully realize their awesome ability to mix metalcore with hardcore, all while only sparsely using chugalicious, head-banging riffs, CTT will be good to go.
Recommended If You Like: Defiant Hearts, Never Looking Back, dressing down, Verse, "Fragile - This Side Up"
www.myspace.com/carrythetorchmusic
Record Label: Detonate Records
Release Date: January 19, 2008
Who?
Carry The Torch should be familiar in that they don’t do anything too crazy. Yet. Fast hardcore ain’t exactly the most underground of genres anymore (especially if you pay attention to the lyrics in “Separating The Genus”). But with just enough metallic guitar shreds and excellently-timed breakdowns, Carry The Torch could be a name you’ll be seeing much more frequently. Or my name isn’t Reginald Jenkins.
How Is It?
Pretty redeeming for being only 4 songs, Dead Weather will fill your belly with angst and have you pooping out aggression in no time. (It’s more pleasant than it sounds, trust me.) “Separating The Genus” is a slap to my face because of its less than positive outlook on advertising. (I need a new major if I’m going to work at AP). Despite differing outlooks, “Genus” still stampedes with enough force to make it one hell of a song. The melodic chorus is a nice counterpart to screechy, mathy verses - so far so good. However, all bets are off during “For All I Care It Can Burn.” The song begins with heavy guitars while dancing with the metalcore devil. Brian North is the gas in Carry The Torch’s tank, both lyrically and vocally. He somehow sounds like he’s one cig away from death, yet the listener can still discern most of what he's screaming. And boy does he have a message. During the drum solo of “Burn,” which becomes overtaken by a high-pitched, 80’s metal guitar riff, North muses, “Take these words with a grain of salt / Tomorrow I’ll forget everything / Am I the plane crash / Or just the aftermath?” This song truly knocked me back. The twists and turns contained in “Burn’s” tight frame could fill an entire album for Carry The Torch. Once the band fully realize their awesome ability to mix metalcore with hardcore, all while only sparsely using chugalicious, head-banging riffs, CTT will be good to go.
Recommended If You Like: Defiant Hearts, Never Looking Back, dressing down, Verse, "Fragile - This Side Up"
www.myspace.com/carrythetorchmusic