i paused listening to the new conditions album to try to give this and listen, what a waste

Originally Posted by Keagan Ilvonen

Woe is Me really need to break away from this genre. Their singer is one of the best out there and they restrict themselves to making the same cookie cutter music as every other Rise band.

He's good, he just needs to stop hiding behind that monotonous "harmonizing" effect.

Mulletcore? I'm not one to judge a band on appearance but wow those are some bad haircuts.

Also, it would be REALLY nice if there was a metalcore band out there where the clean vocals sounded at least a LITTLE different than everyone else's. Seriously, every single one of these newer metalcore bands have cleans that all sound exactly the same. No difference whatsoever. What happened to individuality in voices?

Like these guys: www.myspace.com/hexxusrock They have their share of breakdowns, the piano lines and guitar riffs aren't all that original, but at least his voice, while imperfect, sounds unique from the norm. (sorry gotta show some love to one of my local faves haha)

This was totally worth the two news posts leading up to the signing...

who?

Who?

How unexpected!

so another attack attack? great...

Same old screaming shit + whiny vocals? I can only take so much of that... and there are only a handful of bands that actually sound good doing that.

Fuck, ANOTHER shitty Ohio band gets signed?

Attn: labels - someone throw some money at The Sidekicks.

I don't mind them, they're generic but enjoyable

Originally Posted by cwhit412

Generic Risecore?

Was it that hard to guess?

Originally Posted by Meeze

shooooooooooocker

Didn't know dr. drew had an ap account. ;)

Originally Posted by Keagan Ilvonen

Woe is Me really need to break away from this genre. Their singer is one of the best out there and they restrict themselves to making the same cookie cutter music as every other Rise band.

I agree. I got their new CD because of their clean singer. I'm all for heavy music, but the screaming makes the songs less appealing.

i admittedly like a lot of rise bands, but i'm not very impressed with these guys.