Album: Pariah's Vow
Artist: Sleep Serapis Sleep
Year: 2011
Origin: Milwaukee/USA
Genre: Deathcore
Tracklist:
1. Pariah's Vow
2. Lost In The Call
3. Cold-Blooded
4. 80-Proof Ocean
5. Confinement
6. Valediction
7. The Solace Of Uncertainty
8. Indulgence
9. No Rest For The Ruthless
10. Maleficium
Review:
I generally hate this genre, but since i heard SSS for years now, i seriously looking forward to this new release by the guys of Milwaukee.
Starting with the artwork, i immediately thought back to their older releases "The Dark Awakening" or "Dead Man Walking" which had a similar cruelty, we can see a cruel looking image with a lot of fire. This is also a big part of their musical work on this CD.
You might think back to a lot of bands from this genre and see this as a copycat of them all, just of you be a douche bag and only give one song a few seconds to listen.
But to our luck, SSS put in so much more effort into this then expected.
Deep low vocals in vein of bands such as JFAC and screams as massive and impressing as Hester Prynne, As Blood Runs Back and many others offer, which actually would really be proud of this record.
This album offers SSS in their full strength!
The guitar work grew so big, we can hear some really great melodic solos in songs such as "Confinement", "Valediction" or "Maleficium", which bring a lot of variety into the musical part, between the hammering and ground breaking riffs and breakdowns, which are catchy and not too sustained. This gives a fresh sound and kinda rebirth of an own original sound, without coming from the path to djenty music. This is how the Deathcore sounded i knew and listened to, years ago and also this is how Deathcore should sound like!
The album in whole, offers 10 similar, yet different songs, all deposited by very catchy and fast drums. No boredom for granted! For the bigger fans of the genre, really a Must-have, at least a Must-listen album of a really talented and hardworking band, which is surprisingly still unsigned!
So get the fuck out and buy this CD!
Support these guys!
