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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tonight Alive or Just Breathing?
Posted by Kevin Diers on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM
(Studio Seven) Back in 2002, before the Asking Alexandrias and Falling in Reverses of today had rubbed their musical feces all over the term "metalcore," the word didn't hold the insulting weight that it does today. Sure, there had been a whole couple of generations of hardcore kids playing metal riffs—Unbroken, Integrity, Ringworm, etc.—but there was something so easy to digest about the approach that Massachusetts rippers Killswitch Engage took on the sound, layering Gothenburg-lite riffs atop crunchy hardcore breakdowns and soaringly catchy and clean vocal harmonies. In 2002, it was ahead of its time; in 2012, this shit is unacceptably generic.
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Having to sit through this band between seeing Mastodon and Slayer was one of the most painful show experiences of my life.
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